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    organic chemistry, alkyl nitrites are a group of organic compounds based upon the molecular structure R−O−N=O, where R represents an alkyl group. Formally...
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  • Poppers are recreational drugs belonging to the alkyl nitrite family of chemical compounds. When fumes from these substances are inhaled, they act as...
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    The alkyl group (the amyl in this case) is unreactive and the chemical and biological properties are mainly due to the nitrite group. Like other alkyl nitrites...
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  • The nitrite ion has the chemical formula NO− 2. Nitrite (mostly sodium nitrite) is widely used throughout chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The nitrite...
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    nitrite (or 2-propyl nitrite) is an alkyl nitrite made from isopropanol. It is a clear pale yellow oil that is insoluble in water. Isopropyl nitrite is...
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    Butyl nitrite is the organic compound with the formula CH3(CH2)3ONO. It is an alkyl nitrite made from n-butanol. Butyl nitrite is used recreationally as...
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    nitrite is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3ONO. It is a gas, and is the simplest alkyl nitrite. At room temperature, methyl nitrite...
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  • The chemical compound ethyl nitrite is an alkyl nitrite with a chemical formula C2H5NO2. It may be prepared from ethanol. It is used as a reagent with...
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  • Isobutyl nitrite, C4H9NO2, is an alkyl nitrite, an ester of isobutanol and nitrous acid. Its chemical structure is (CH3)2CH-CH2-ONO. Isobutyl nitrite is a...
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    distortion. Ingestion of alkyl nitrites can cause methemoglobinemia, and by inhalation it has not been ruled out. The sale of alkyl nitrite-based poppers was...
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    Cyclohexyl nitrite is an organic compound, with formula C6H11NO2. It is the ester of cyclohexanol and nitrous acid, i.e. it is an alkyl nitrite. Like amyl...
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  • also known as the Barton nitrite ester reaction, is a photochemical reaction that involves the photolysis of an alkyl nitrite to form a δ-nitroso alcohol...
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  • is an inhaled drug which contains a range of alkyl nitrites, such as isobutyl nitrite and amyl nitrite. Despite its primary usage as a potent vasodilator...
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  • Hexyl nitrite has the formula C6H13NO2 and is a nitrite and more specifically, an alkyl nitrite. It is an ester of hexanol and nitrous acid. It has the...
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  • Pentyl nitrite is a chemical compound with the molecular formula, classified as an alkyl nitrite, used as an antihypertensive medicine. It is also used...
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    compounds (e.g., nitrosamines, RN(−R’)−N=O), and O-nitroso compounds (alkyl nitrites; RO−N=O). Nitroso compounds can be prepared by the reduction of nitro...
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    tina, or T. Other substances like mephedrone, GHB, GBL, ketamine, and alkyl nitrites (known as poppers) are also used. The term slamsex is used for injection...
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  • Dellaria (1977). "Alkyl nitrite-metal halide deamination reactions. 2. Substitutive deamination of arylamines by alkyl nitrites and copper(II) halides...
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    an alkyl nitrite from an alcohol and nitrous acid is a common example: ROH + HONO → RONO + H2O N-Nitrosamines arise from the reaction of nitrite sources...
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    industrial processes. The chemical structure is R2N−N=O, where R is usually an alkyl group. Nitrosamines have a nitroso group (NO+) that are "probable human...
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    tert-Butyl nitrite is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)3CONO. A colorless liquid, it is the tert-butyl ester of nitrous acid and is typically...
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    citrulline accumulates in nitric oxide producing cells along with nitrate and nitrite, the stable end-products of nitric oxide breakdown. Arginine plays an important...
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  • Vaporole may refer to: A brand of smelling salts A brand of recreational alkyl nitrites This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Vaporole...
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    donors, organic nitrites and nitrates, such as: nitroglycerin isosorbide mononitrate isosorbide dinitrate sodium nitroprusside alkyl nitrites (commonly known...
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    acid. Nitrous acid reacts rapidly with aliphatic alcohols to produce alkyl nitrites, which are potent vasodilators: (CH3)2CHCH2CH2OH + HNO2 → (CH3)2CHCH2CH2ONO...
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    Nitrate ester (redirect from Alkyl nitrate)
    compounds/nitrites: Nitrite (NO− 2); O-Nitroso compounds (alkyl nitrites): Amyl nitrite (isoamyl nitrite, isopentyl nitrite) Cyclohexyl nitrite Ethyl nitrite Hexyl...
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    double displacement. After that he worked on mercury alkyl- and mercury alkyl aryl-ammonium nitrites. RNH 3 Cl + AgNO 2 ⟶ RNH 3 NO 2 + AgCl {\displaystyle...
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  • an alkyl group is an alkane missing one hydrogen. The term alkyl is intentionally unspecific to include many possible substitutions. An acyclic alkyl has...
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    involves the reduction of nitrous acid in the form of sodium nitrite or potassium nitrite: 2 NaNO2 + 2 NaI + 2 H2SO4 → I2 + 2 Na2SO4 + 2 H2O + 2 •NO 2...
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    is catalytically reduced into nitrite (NO−2) by the enzymatic activity of bacteria. In aqueous solution, dissolved nitrite, N(III), is a more powerful oxidizer...
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