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Trioxidonitrogen or nitrate radical is an oxide of nitrogen with formula NO3, consisting of three oxygen atoms covalently bound to a nitrogen atom. This highly unstable blue compound has not been isolated in pure form, but can be generated and observed as a short-lived component of gas, liquid, or solid systems.
Like nitrogen dioxide NO2, it is a radical , which makes it paramagnetic. It is the uncharged counterpart of the nitrate anion NO3 and an isomer of the peroxynitrite radical OONO.
Nitrogen trioxide is an important intermediate in reactions between atmospheric components, including the destruction of ozone.
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