It is a bright yellow solid practically insoluble in water and most organic solvents, including DMF and DMSO.

[4] The salt can be precipitated from a solution of sodium hyponitrite in water by the addition of silver nitrate:[2] Excess silver nitrate yields a brown or black precipitate.

[5] Silver hyponitrite is sparingly soluble in concentrated alkali hyponitrite solutions, but quite soluble in aqueous ammonia due to the formation of the complex cation [(NH3)2Ag]+.

[1] Reaction of silver hyponitrite with anhydrous hydrogen chloride in ether is the standard way to prepare hyponitrous acid: Spectroscopic data indicate a trans configuration for the resulting acid.

For example, reaction with methyl bromide yields the spontaneously explosive dimethyl hyponitrite:[2] Other alkyl hyponitrites reported in the literature include those of ethyl,[8] benzyl,[9][10][11] and tert-butyl.