Ruthenium(iii) readily abstracts NO from l-arginine, the physiological precursor to NO, in the presence of H2O2. A remarkably simple model system for NO synthases
Abstract
Reaction of [Ru(Hedta)Cl]− with H2O2 in the presence of arginine, produces NO, in the form of an Ru(II)–(NO+) complex and citrulline which is a remarkably simple model system for the physiological NO synthase reaction.