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itself, are explosive. A commercially relevant diazo compound is ethyl diazoacetate (N₂CHCOOEt). A group of isomeric compounds with only few similar properties are the diazirines, where the carbon and two nitrogens are linked as a ring.

Four resonance structures can be drawn:

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Compounds with the diazo moiety should be distinguished from diazonium compounds,

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