a chemical reaction in which organic compounds are converted into nitroso compounds
Examples of 'nitrosation' in a sentence
nitrosation
The hydrazine derivative 3 was transformed into the azido derivative 2 by nitrosation.
AISHA S. MAYAS, MOHAMED ABASS, WAFAA R. ABDEL-MONEM, MOSTAFA M. ISMAIL 2010, 'Substituted pyridopyrimidinones. Part IV. 2-Chloro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-oneas a synthone of some new heterotricycles', Journal of the Serbian Chemical Societyhttp://www.shd.org.rs/JSCS/Vol75/No1/02_4237_3936.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This includes the inhibition of caspase activity through s-nitrosation.
Timothy R. Billiar 2015, 'Cellular Protective Mechanisms Of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase', Redox Biologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231715001378. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This yellow nitrosation product exhibited an absorption maximum at 430 nm.
Paulo Roberto da Silva Ribeiro, Reginária Morais Duarte 2014, 'Development and validation of a simple spectrophotometric method for the determinationof methyldopa in both bulk and marketed dosage formulations', Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Scienceshttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502014000300573&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Also, nitration, nitrosation and bromination of compound 2 afforded the corresponding nitro, nitroso and bromo derivatives 4–6, respectively.
Abd El-Galil M. Khalil, Moged A. Berghot, Moustafa A. Gouda 2016, 'Synthesis and antibacterial activity of some new 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid hydrazidederivatives for dyeing polyester fabrics', Journal of Saudi Chemical Societyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S131961031200083X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Topoisomerases contain several thiol groups which are important for their activity and are also targets for nitrosation by nitric oxide.
Birandra K. Sinha, Ashutosh Kumar, Ronald P. Mason 2017, 'Nitric oxide inhibits ATPase activity and induces resistance to topoisomerase II-poisonsin human MCF-7 breast tumor cells', Biochemistry and Biophysics Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405580816302904. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)