Butyl nitrite

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Butyl nitrite


Systematic (IUPAC) name
1-nitrosooxybutane
Clinical data
Legal status	?
Identifiers
CAS number	544-16-1^Y
ATC code	None
PubChem	CID 10996
ChemSpider	10530^Y
Chemical data
Formula	C₄H₉N O₂
Mol. mass	103.12
SMILES CCCCON=O
InChI InChI=1S/C4H9NO2/c1-2-3-4-7-5-6/h2-4H2,1H3^Y Key:JQJPBYFTQAANLE-UHFFFAOYSA-N^Y
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Butyl nitrite is an alkyl nitrite made from n-butanol. Butyl nitrite is used recreationally as poppers.

Chemistry

Synonyms include 1-butyl nitrite and nitrous acid, butyl ester.

It can be prepared by reacting nitrous acid (generated in situ by reacting a metal nitrite with a mineral acid) with n-butanol.

Butyl nitrite is highly flammable.

Butyl nitrite is one of the compounds used as poppers, an inhalant drug that induces a brief euphoria.

v t e Alkyl nitrites ("Poppers")

Amyl nitrite (isoamyl nitrite, isopentyl nitrite) Butyl nitrite Cyclohexyl nitrite Ethyl nitrite Hexyl nitrite Isobutyl nitrite (2-methylpropyl nitrite) Isopropyl nitrite Methyl nitrite

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