Organic Radical Reactions Associated with Nitrogen Monoxide

摘要

Nitrogen monoxide always has had the potential to surprise and probably will continue to do so. New chapters will be added as the pursuit of reactivity and selectivity of nitrogen monoxide in organic radical reactions is being continued. It is a chemistry of marvelous simplicity and impressive complexity. It is probably best reflected by summarizing one of its important discoveries as follows: During the course of some experiments with nitrosyl chloride the writer, by request, prepared a saturated solution of this gas in normal heptane.... The solution so prepared was accidentally set in the sunlight for a day. When next obserVed the reddish brown color had changed to blue and there was a precipitate of white feathery crystals....185