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Angeli’s salt is regarded as a classical nitroxyl (NO-) donor, but under certain conditions evolution of NO is also observed.1 It spontaneously dissociates in a pH-dependent, first-order process with a half-life of 2.3 minutes at 37°C (pH 7.4) to liberate 0.54 moles of NO per mole of parent compound.1,2
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Maragos, C.M., Morley, D., Wink, D.A., et al. Complexes of ·NO with nucleophiles as agents for the controlled biological release of nitric oxide. Vasorelaxant effects. J Med Chem343242-3247(1991).
Room temperature
in continental US; may vary elsewhere
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ON=N(=O)O
Background Reading
Maragos, C.M., Morley, D., Wink, D.A., et al. Complexes of ·NO with nucleophiles as agents for the controlled biological release of nitric oxide. Vasorelaxant effects. J Med Chem343242-3247(1991).
Fukuto, J.M., Hobbs, A.J., and Ignarro, L.J. Conversion of nitroxyl (HNO) to nitric oxide in biological systems: The role of physiological oxidants and relevance to the biological activity of HNO. Biochem Biophys Res Commun196707-713(1993).