Talk:Nitrous acid
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That diagram of the structure of nitrous acid is wrong: the nitrogen has 10 electrons (even if it did somehow, it would not be sp2 hybridized as shown.
[edit] agreed
the diagram is wrong. the nitrogen is violating the octet rule. the nitrogen should only have two elctrons, not 4.
Some one put this in as its true. Nitrous acid will also cause cytosine to convert to uracil which will then pair with adenosine instead of the original guanine. Ie it causes genetic damage.
[edit] Decomposition
The article says "It rapidly decomposes into nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide and water when in solution: 2HNO2 → NO2 + NO + H2O It also decomposes into nitric acid and nitrous oxide and water: 4HNO2 → 2HNO3 + N2O + H2O"
I may be missing something, but how can it do both? And if that is in fact correct, in roughly what percentages does this occur? Kel - Ex-web.god 07:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Atmospheric relevance
In my eyes, this section is written far to complexly, with far more technical terms then needed. Like one thing, what is ozone budget? A search of both Wikipedia and Google get nothing, and my best guess of what this would have to be is something dealing with Photochemical Smog. I really think this part needs a rewriting, since after a little digging, it seems this section hasn't changed a single word since it was written in the 23 February 2006 revision. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.108.169.38 (talk) 03:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
