amyl nitrate

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) Finnish: amyylinitraatti Hungarian: amil-nitrát

See also

• amyl nitrite

Further reading

• amyl nitrate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia