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Nitrous acid HNO2 cannot be isolated as a pure compound. In the gas phase molecules of HNO2 are covalently bonded. In water it is a weak acid forming the nitrite ion however it readily disproportionates:-

3HNO2 -> H3O+ + NO3- + NO

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