It can be destroyed by reacting it with nitrous acid.
It can react with a mixture of air and water to make nitrous acid.
The nitrous and nitric acid produced may be too acidic for the plant.
NO reacts readily with water to form nitrous acid:
It was originally prepared by the reaction of aqueous hydrazine with nitrous acid.
Treatment with nitrous acid give benzotriazole, a corrosion inhibitor.
In more formal terms, they are alkyl esters of nitrous acid.
The nitrous acid is usually generated in situ from sodium nitrite.
Nitrite esters are formed from alcohol and nitrous acid.
The reaction process begins with diazotization of the amine by nitrous acid.
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