We report the results of a kinetic study of the reactions of a number of nitrogen nucleophiles with the nitrosothiol S-nitrosopenicillamine (SPEN). The range of nucleophiles includes primary, secondary and tertiary aliphatic amines, together with hydrazine, hydroxylamine, azide ion, ammonia, semicarbazide, thiomorpholine and S-methylcysteine. Secondary amines form N-nitrosamines quantitatively. As expected, reaction occurs via the free base ...
