peroxynitrite


peroxynitrite

[pə‚räk·sē′nī‚trīt] (inorganic chemistry) A nitrogen oxyanion containing an O-O peroxo bond that is a structural isomer of the nitrate ion. Species are generally distinguished by writing the chemical formula for peroxynitrite as ONOO- and nitrate as NO3-. Other names that have been given to peroxynitrite include pernitrite and peroxonitrite; its recommended IUPAC name is oxoperoxonitrate(1-).