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Dichloramine
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<p>Dichloramine is a reactive <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> <a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">N</a><a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">H</a><a href="/facts/Chlorine/y27UwYBM">Cl</a>2. It is one of the three <a href="/facts/Chloramines/ux5XnB36">chloramines</a> of <a href="/facts/Ammonia/MtLtJFtz">ammonia</a>, the others being <a href="/facts/Monochloramine/NI4tsT8m">monochloramine</a> (NH2Cl) and <a href="/facts/Nitrogen_trichloride/eC2URITS">nitrogen trichloride</a> (NCl3). This yellow gas is unstable and reacts with many materials. It is formed by a reaction between <a href="/facts/Ammonia/MtLtJFtz">ammonia</a> and <a href="/facts/Chlorine/y27UwYBM">chlorine</a> or <a href="/facts/Sodium_hypochlorite/sp99uHHQ">sodium hypochlorite</a>. It is a byproduct formed during the synthesis of monochloramine and nitrogen trichloride. </p>