Alkyl nitrites isopropyl nitrite

Bottles of isopropyl nitrite decomposed dining refrigerated storage, developing enough internal pressure to burst the containers and blow open the refrigerator door. Other alkyl nitrites lower than amyl nitrite may be expected to behave similarly. 

Any alkyl nitrite may be employed. The submitters preferred the use of isopropyl nitrite, since the low boiling point of the isopropyl alcohol formed facilitates its removal. 

Many alkyl nitrites are thermally unstable and may readily decompose or explode on heating [1]. Methyl nitrite explodes more violently than ethyl nitrite [2]. Lower alkyl nitrites have been known to decompose and burst the container, even in refrigerated storage [3]. Individually indexed compounds are f ferf-Butyl nitrite, 1654 f Butyl nitrite, 1653 Decyl nitrite, 3358 f Ethyl nitrite, 0863 f Isopentyl nitrite, 1990 f Isopropyl nitrite, 1258 f Methyl nitrite, 0454 f Pentyl nitrite, 1992 f Propyl nitrite, 1261... 

Amyl nitrite is generally sold in small glass bottles or, in rare cases, small vials or ampoules. It is chemically related to nitroglycerine. It is part of a group of closely related chemicals known as alkyl nitrites. In street terminology, amyl, butyl, isobutyl, isoamyl, isopropyl, and cyclohexyl nitrates and nitrites are collectively... 

McMillan et al. (1971) reported that the quantum yields of primary photodecomposition of isopropyl nitrite did not vary with wavelength over the banded region see section IX-H. Perhaps this invariance is also present in the other small alkyl nitrites. At this point in our limited understanding of the mechanism, the current authors have assumed that within the banded region, the photodecomposition of ethyl nitrite photolysis is wavelength independent. 

The Bergmann variation of the Balz Schiemann reaction is a two-step process featuring copper- or copper halide-catalyzed decomposition of aqueous or acetone solutions of arenediazonium fluoroborates containing alkyl or halogen substituents [30] A recent modification is a one-step technique featuring simultaneous diazoti-zation and decomposition by addition of aqueous sodium nitrite at 25 °C to a mixture of fluorobonc acid, copper powder, and 2 isopropyl 6 methylaniline to give 2-isopropyl-6 methylfluorobenzene in 73% yield [37]... 

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