Reactions of peroxynitrite with N,N-dimethyl-p-toluidine and 1,4-naphthoquinone. Evidence for heterolytic cleavage of a nitrogen-oxygen bond in peroxynitrous acid

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01239-3

Peroxynitrite (ONOO^-) has been found to react with the title amine 1 and quinone 5 to form N-nitrosoamine 2 and 2,3-epoxide 6, respectively, in accord with the in situ generation of the nitrosonium and hydroperoxide ions as the respective reactive species.