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Chem Commun (Camb)
; 52(21): 4060-3, 2016 Mar 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26892038
ABSTRACT
Exposure of O-protected and free cholesterol to NO2Ë under exclusion of water leads to nitroimine nitrates through a non-radical mechanism, which reveals the high susceptibility of the π system to oxidative damage. In the presence of moisture the reaction leads to 6-nitrocholesterols , which result from hydrolysis and oxidation of 2.