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THE inhibiting effect of nitric oxide upon radical chain-reactions in the decomposition of certain organic compounds is well known1, and such mechanisms as CH3 + NO → CH3NO → H2CNOH → HCN + H2O have been invoked to explain this inhibition. Although Küchler and Theile2 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 Doumani3 prepared nitrosomethane from the photolysis of tert.-butyl nitrite.
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CHILTON, H., GOWENLOCK, B. Reaction of Nitric Oxide with Gaseous Hydrocarbon Free Radicals. Nature 172, 73 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172073a0
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