i tried to make nitrogen trichloride. i dissolved the ammonium nitrate in water and bubbled chloine through it for about 5 min. i could see a clear oil beeing created on the bottom of the flask. i extracted it. put it in a test tube. but when struck with a hammer or a flame is held to it nothing happens any ideas?

The best thing you could do is try and put liquid ammoniac gas (you have to cool it) in a beaker, then bubble chlorine gas through it. If there is enough energy in the ammonia, it will form NCl3.

Use ammonium Hydroxide instead of nitrate.
You should clean your Cl2 gas before running it into the solution.

What method are you using for Cl2 generation?

im using HCL and sodium hypochlorate. I wanted to use HCL and manganese dioxide but i didnt have a heat resistent stopper or glass tube so i went basic.
Do you have any experience with NCl3?

Yeah. I don't really like your method. Your Cl2 will be heavily contaminated with HCl gas and other chloric oxides that will fuck with the reaction (NOT TO MENTION MAKE YOUR SOLUTION ACIDID, DESTABILIZING YOUR NCl3)
My best was always X(OCl) + NaHSO4.

who not just bleach and NaHSO4? thats what the site reccomended but i didnt have and NaHSO4 so i just used HCL. what about substituing HCl with H2SO4? For ammonium hydroxide could i just use supermarket quality?