Generation of Peroxy Radicals from Peroxynitrates (ROONO2). Decomposition of Peroxybenzoyl Nitrate (PBzN).

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00365a040

At ambient temperature peroxybenzoyl nitrate (PBzN) is in equilibrium with benzoylperoxy radicals and NO2.In the presence of radical scavenger such as NO or 15NO2, the equilibrium is perturbed and the disappearance of PBzN is determined by the O-NO2 homol