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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Res Toxicol. 2012 Jul 31;25(8):1581–1597. doi: 10.1021/tx200526y

Table 1.

Free Energies of Reduction, ΔGaq,298K (in kcal/mol), of Selected RNS and ROS at the PCM(water)/B3LYP/6-31+G**//B3LYP/6-31G* and PCM(water)/G3(MP2)//B3LYP/6-31G* (in parentheses) Levels of Theory.

Entry Δ G 298K,red
ONOOCO2 + 2e / NO2 + CO32 -242.5 (-236.5)
N2O4 + 2e / 2NO2 -240.3 (-232.1)
cis-ONOOH + 2e / HO + NO2 -237.1 (230.3)
trans-ONOOH + 2e / HO + NO2 -235.6 (-231.8)
trans-ONOO + 2e / O2– + NO2 -170.5 (-158.0)
cis-ONOO + 2e / O2– + NO2 -166.3 (-153.9)
NO3 + e / NO3 -152.3 (-155.0)
NO+ + e / NO -146.6 (-140.7)
DMPO•+ + e / DMPO -139.7 (-147.8)
N3 + e / N3 -124.1 (-121.0)
NO2 + e / NO2 -120.4 (-116.8)
OH + e / HO -118.9 (-120.0)
CO3•– + e / CO32- -103.3 (-115.9)
N2O4 + e / N2O4•– -102.0 (-115.3)a
HO2 + e / HO2 -97.2 (-97.0)
cis-ONOOH + e / cis-ONOOH•– -86.5 (-78.6)
NH2 + e / NH2 -85.9 (-89.9)
trans-ONOOH + e / trans-ONOOH•– -83.3 (-80.0)b
NO + e / 3NO -82.6 (-69.0)
ONOOCO2 + e / ONOOCO2•2– -81.7 (-68.1)
trans-ONOO + e / trans-ONOO•2– -62.8 (-50.0)
cis-ONOO + e / cis-ONOO•2– -55.7 (-45.9)b
O2•– + e / O22– -53.7 (-49.6)
a

Calculation using NO2 and NO2 as products for G3(MP2) only and could be an overestimate.

b

Energies for cis-ONOOH•– and trans-ONOO•2– were used for the G3(MP2) calculation only.