Nitrosation-oxidative ring contraction of α-tocopherol by reaction with nitric oxide under aerobic conditions

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)01846-A

Exposure of α-tocopherol (1) to nitric oxide (NO) in air-saturated cyclohexane leads to a complex mixture of products, one of which, relatively more polar, has been isolated and identified as the novel 2,3-dimethyl-4-acetyl-4-hydroxy-5-nitroso-2-cyclopentenone derivative 5.