Oxidation of azafulleroids with peracids regenerated C60 depending on the N-substituents. Alkyl-substituted azafulleroids preferred the oxidation of nitrogen to afford N-oxides as possible intermediates for C60 in moderate yields. Phenyl- and tosyl-substituted azafulleroids rather allowed the oxidation at the carbon cage. Theoretical calculations predicted the order of reactivity of azafulleroi...

Air pollutant gases include ground-level ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, organic compounds, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and endotoxins, and metals [1]. Nitrogen is released during fuel combustion and combines with oxygen atoms in the atmosphere to produce nitric oxide and other nitrogen oxides, which can be inhaled by the upper res...

BACKGROUND The endothelium-derived relaxing factor has been shown to be nitric oxide or a related nitroso compound, synthesized by the enzyme nitric oxide synthetase, which oxidizes the guanidono nitrogens of arginine. This enzyme is activated by increases in cytosolic calcium. The effect of the clinically used calcium channel antagonists on this process is controversial. The present study was ...

The first priority in designing a strategy to control nitrogen oxides is to protect human health. Human health impacts appear to be related to peak exposures to nitrogen oxides (NOx). In addition to potentially damaging human health, nitrogen oxides are precursors to ozone (O3) formation, which can harm human health and vegetation. Finally, nitrogen oxides contribute to acid deposition, which d...

Five hundred and sixty British coalminers with relatively high or relatively low exposures to oxides of nitrogen, based on measurements of concentrations of these gases at nine collieries over four years, and records of the men's places of work and colliery mining conditions over a total of eight years have been studied. Data on these men's respiratory symptoms and ventilatory capacity (FEV1), ...

The previously known dimeric arylantimony oxides (Ph3SbO)2 and [2,6-(Me2NCH2)2C6H3SbO]2 were disaggregated by the Lewis acid B(C6F5)3 giving rise to the formation of the Lewis pair complexes Ph3SbOB(C6F5)3 and 2,6-(Me2NCH2)2C6H3SbOB(C6F5)3 having short bipolar single Sb-O bonds.