amyl nitrate

English

Noun

amyl nitrate (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The ester of amyl alcohol (pentanol) and nitric acid, C₅H₁₁NO₃, used to control angina and as an antidote to cyanide poisoning.

Translations

drug

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硝酸戊酯 (xiāosuānwùzhǐ)

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• Finnish: amyylinitraatti

See also

• amyl nitrite

Further reading

• amyl nitrate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia