Peroxynitrate

Peroxynitrate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/HNO4/c2-1(3)5-4/h4H/p-1
    Key: UUZZMWZGAZGXSF-UHFFFAOYSA-M
  • [N+](=O)([O-])O[O-]
Properties
NO4
Molar mass 78.004 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
peroxycarbonate; peroxysulfate
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Peroxynitrate (or peroxonitrate) refers to salts of the unstable peroxynitric acid, HNO4. Peroxynitrate is unstable and decomposes to nitrate and dioxygen.

No solid peroxynitrate salts are known. However, there is a report that the chemist Sebastian Moiseevich Tanatar produced sodium peroxynitrate octahydrate (NaNO3·H2O2·8H2O) by evaporating a solution of sodium nitrate and hydrogen peroxide until crystallisation begins and then mixing with alcohol to form crystals of the octahydrate.