Nitric oxide release mediated by calix[4]hydroquinones.
Calix[4]monohydroquinone has been used as a supramolecular system for the generation of NO gas. In a one-electron reduction scheme involving NO+ subsetcalix[4]monohydroquinone complex, NO is released without the presence of an external reducing agent. Free calix[4]monoquinone, thus obtained, can be reused for a new NO-releasing cycle after NaBH4-reduction to calix[4]monohydroquinone.
Wanigasekara
Eranda
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Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy.
Gaeta
Carmine
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Neri
Placido
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Rudkevich
Dmitry M
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D047250:Calixarenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
D006873:Hydroquinones; C469855:calix(4)hydroquinone; D047250:Calixarenes; D009569:Nitric Oxide