ethyl nitrite

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noun

Chemistry.

a colorless or yellowish, very volatile, highly aromatic, flammable liquid, C 2 H 2 NO 2 , used chiefly in the preparation of organic substances.

Etymology

Origin of ethyl nitrite

First recorded in 1865–70

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ethyl nitrite

It is obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and sulphuric acids, and consists essentially of ethyl nitrite with a little acetic aldehyde.

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