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Environ Health Perspect. 1985 Dec; 64: 209–217.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.8564209
PMCID: PMC1568601
PMID: 3830699
Research Article

Free-radical chemistry of sulfite.

P Neta and R E Huie
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Abstract

The free-radical chemistry of sulfite oxidation is reviewed. Chemical transformations of organic and biological molecules induced by sulfite oxidation are summarized. The kinetics of the free-radical oxidations of sulfite are discussed, as are the kinetics of the reactions of the sulfite-derived radicals SO3 and the peroxy derivative SO5 with organic compounds.

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