Reaction of Nitric Oxide with Gaseous Hydrocarbon Free Radicals

THE inhibiting effect of nitric oxide upon radical chain-reactions in the decomposition of certain organic compounds is well known 1 , and such mechanisms as CH 3 + NO → CH 3 NO → H 2 CNOH → HCN + H 2 O have been invoked to explain this inhibition. Although Küchler and Theile 2 obtained traces of cy...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1953-07, Vol.172 (4367), p.73-73
Main Authors: CHILTON, H. T. J, GOWENLOCK, B. G
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:THE inhibiting effect of nitric oxide upon radical chain-reactions in the decomposition of certain organic compounds is well known 1 , and such mechanisms as CH 3 + NO → CH 3 NO → H 2 CNOH → HCN + H 2 O have been invoked to explain this inhibition. Although Küchler and Theile 2 obtained traces of cyanide from the nitric oxide-inhibited decomposition of ethane, in no case has the nitroso compound been isolated in such reactions. Coe and Doumani 3 prepared nitrosomethane from the photolysis of tert. -butyl nitrite.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/172073a0