This functional group may decompose to a reactive 
This functional group may decompose to a reactive species that can rearrange or dimerize more rapidly than carbenes. The reaction of nitrous acid with a reagent used in Wolff-Kishner reduction can produce it, as does a reaction involving triphenylphosphine and the production of an iminophosphorane intermediate, known as the Staudinger reaction. Reactions named for Curtius and Schmidt feature this functional group rearranging to an isocyanate group. Lithium aluminum hydride reacts with it to produce primary amines via reduction. Consisting of three atoms of the same element double bonded to each other and with a net minus-one charge, FTP identify this functional group that when heated releases nitrogen gas.
This functional group may decompose to a reactive species that can rearrange or dimerize more rapidly than carbenes.