On the hydrophobicity of nitrogen dioxide: Could there be a "lens" effect for NO2 reaction kinetics?

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-109

  Squadrito, Giuseppe L ^a   Postlethwait, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmentation; Free radicals; Henry's law constant; Kinetics; Nitration; Nitric oxide; Nitrogen dioxide; Partition coefficient; Peroxynitrite; Reactivity; Solubility

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CELL MEMBRANE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 68149160207     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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