Alternative reactions of the N≡N "triple bond" in a nitric oxide dimer: forming the trimer N<sub>3</sub>O<sub>3</sub>.

In the previous post I mooted the possibility that a high energy form of the dimer of nitric oxide 1 might nonetheless be able to be detected using suitable traps (such as hydrogenation or cycloaddition). However, an interesting alternative is that this species could be trapped by nitric oxide itself.