N-Nitrosamines can be considered as potential nitric oxide (NO)/nitrosonium ion (NO+) donors. However, the relation of the structures of N-nitrosamines, in particular of aliphatic N- nitrosamines, to the characteristics of release of NO or NO+ remains unclear. Here we show that aliphatic N-nitrosoamines of 7-azabicyclo [2.2. 1] heptanes can undergo heterolytic N- NO bond cleavage. On the basis of the observation of reduced rotational barriers of the N- ...
