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IN a recent communication, Stevenson and Swaby1 reported the presence of a heretofore unobserved nitrogenous gas in the product obtained by reacting nitrous acid with lignins. The identity of the gas was not established; the compounds eliminated as possibilities included nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen peroxide, dinitrogen tetraoxide, nitrogen pentoxide, nitromethane, and hydrogen nitrate.
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STEVENSON, F., KIRKMAN, M. Identification of Methyl Nitrite in the Reaction Product of Nitrous Acid and Lignin. Nature 201, 107 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201107a0
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