1582. n-Butyl Nitrite

Nomenclature

CAS number: 544-16-1
Nitrous acid butyl ester.
C4H9NO2; mol wt 103.12.
C 46.59%, H 8.80%, N 13.58%, O 31.03%.

Description and references

Prepd by the action of nitrous acid on butyl alcohol: Noyes, Org. Synth. coll. vol. II, 108 (1943); Miller, Audrieth, Inorg. Synth. 2, 139 (1946).

Chemical structure

Properties

Oily liquid. Characteristic odor. Breathing of vapor causes headache and vasodilation. d40 0.9114. bp760 78.2° (some decompn). Miscible with alcohol, ether. Dec on storage. Polymerization products of butyraldehyde have been found in five-month-old samples.

Caution

Lowers blood pressure through vasodilation, causing headache, throbbing, weakness. Effects resemble those produced by amyl nitrate.

Use

In the manuf of rare earth azides.