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Nitro compound

A molecule containing one or more -NO2 (nitro) groups covalently bonded to carbon. TNT is an aromatic nitro compound; PETN is a nitrate ester (O-NO2 ester linkage). The distinction affects hydrolysis susceptibility and the analytical fragmentation pattern in mass spectrometry.

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