Term: diazoates
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Definition:
Salts RN=NO−M+ (R commonly aryl) of the compounds RN=NOH , (hydrocarbon)diazohydroxides, e.g. PhN=NO−K+ potassium benzenediazoate. In the IUPAC 'Blue Book' these compounds are named as hydrocarbyldiazenolates and hydrocarbyldiazenols, respectively. E.g. PhN=NOH phenyldiazenol. RN=NO−M+ are also known by the non-IUPAC name diazotates.

Related Terms:
1) aryl (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00464).

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1332 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)

Citation: 'diazoates' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01690

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