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Definition of Butyl nitrite
1. Noun. A colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers.
Generic synonyms: Excitant, Stimulant, Stimulant Drug, Vasodilative, Vasodilator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butyl Nitrite
Literary usage of Butyl nitrite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Reaction of Ketone 8 with butyl nitrite, a. Sodium Hydride and Excess butyl nitrite.
... Freshly distilled butyl nitrite, 1.5 ml, was then added. ..."
2. American Druggist (1889)
"Dunstan, in con- Iso-butyl nitrite was prepared by Prof. ... In fact, iso-butyl
nitrite was found to act more powerfully than the mixture which constitutes ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1892)
"If ethylic alcohol has not been entirely removed from the amyl alcohol, ethyl
nitrite will a]so be present, and occasionally butyl nitrite can be found in ..."
4. Therapeutics: Its Principles and Practice by Horatio Charles Wood (1908)
"... amyl nitrite of commerce is chemically a mixture of a and 3 amyl nitrites, /*o-butyl
nitrite, ethyl nitrite, and propyl nitrite (St. ..."
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