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- The neutral compound HN: having univalent nitrogen, and its derivatives RN. Aminylenes is a recognized but less widely used synonym. Other names that have been used include aminediyls, @I02951@, @A00554@. They may exist in either a singlet or a triplet @ET07026@ (four spin-paired electrons, or two spin-paired and two with parallel spins, respectively), e.g. CH3N: methylnitrene.
- Until the 1960s, nitrenes had a totally different meaning: analogues of @N04164@ in which the double-bonded oxygen is replaced by double-bonded carbon, thus @A00565@.
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