Reactions of Nitric Oxide with Phenolic Antioxidants and Phenoxyl Radicals

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00066a001

By EPR, NMR, and TLC methods it was possible to show that nitric oxide (^.NO) reacts with five different methyl- or tert-butyl-substituted phenols including α-tocopherol to produce the phenoxyl radical which subsequently couples reversibly with excess ^.NO.