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An elusive intermediate of atmospheric reactions of HONO may be nitrosyl O-hydroxide, HOON. Electronic structure calculations seem to indicate that HOON is best represented by a combination of three resonance structures, with major contribution from a radical-pair structure (involving HO and NO radicals), significant contribution from a molecular structure, and a small contribution from an ion-pair structure (involving
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