Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Nitric oxide:
A
free radical
molecule
with the
molecular structure
shown below. Notable as a
ozone-depleting
air pollutant,
signal molecule
in humans, and subject of the
1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
.
Lewis structure
Ball and spoke
Space filling model
Molecular structure
of nitric oxide.
Related terms:
Nitric acid
,
nitrene
,
nitronium cation
,
nitrosonium cation
,
nitro group
,
nitrile
,
nitranion
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