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.
