Ethyl nitrite

In its chemiluminescent decomposition and decomposition flame, ethyl nitrite is very similar to methyl nitrite [128,131]. 

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Silver nitrite gives a mixture of ethyl nitrite and nitro ethane (p. 131). 

Since aliphatic hydrocarbons (unlike aromatic hydrocarbons, p. 155) can be directly nitrated only under very special conditions, indirect methods are usually employed for the preparation of compounds such as nitroethane, CjHsNO. When ethyl iodide is heated with silver nitrite, two isomeric compounds are formed, and can be easily separated by fractional distillation. The first is the true ester, ethyl nitrite, C,HiONO, of b.p. 17° its identity is shown by the action of hot sodium hydroxide solution, which hydrolyses it, giving ethanol and... 

The physical piopeities of ethyl chloiide aie hsted in Table 1. At 0°C, 100 g ethyl chloride dissolve 0.07 g water and 100 g water dissolve 0.447 g ethyl chloride. The solubihty of water in ethyl chloride increases sharply with temperature to 0.36 g/100 g at 50°C. Ethyl chloride dissolves many organic substances, such as fats, oils, resins, and waxes, and it is also a solvent for sulfur and phosphoms. It is miscible with methyl and ethyl alcohols, diethyl ether, ethyl acetate, methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, and benzene. Butane, ethyl nitrite, and 2-methylbutane each have been reported to form a binary azeotrope with ethyl chloride, but the accuracy of this data is uncertain (1). 

No nitrous acid escapes from the mixture, since it is converted into ethyl nitrite which in turn reacts with the thymol. 

Grouping Acetone Ethane Ethyl-acetate Acetylene Ethyl amine Ethylene Acetaldehyde Ethyl glycol Crude oil Ethyl-ether Carbon disulphide Ethyl Nitrite... 

Ethanol amine dinitrate Ethylene diamine diperchlorate Ethylene glycol dinitrate Ethyl hydroperoxide Ethyl nitrate Ethyl nitrite Ethyl perchlorate... 

Carbon disulfide Ethyl nitrite Thionyl chloride-fluoride... 

Zingiberene also forms a nitrosate, C,5H24. N2O4, when the sesquiterpene dissolved in an equal volume of glacial acetic acid, is cooled to 0°, and ethyl nitrite, and then nitric acid added. The nitrosate is dissolved in acetic ether and precipitated with alcohol. It forms a yellow powder, melting with decomposition at 86°. 

Caryophyllene nitrosochloride, (CjgHgJjN OoCL, is obtained when a mixture of the sesquiterpene, alcohol, ethyl acetate, and ethyl nitrite is cooled in a freezing mixture, and then treated with a saturated solution of hydrochloric acid in alcohol. The reaction mass is allowed to stand on ice for an hour and is then exposed to sunlight. Thus prepared it melts at about 158° to 163°, and can be separated into two compounds, one being that of a-caryophyllene and the other that of yS-caryophyllene Deussen s sesquiterpenes of natural caryophyllene from clove oil), a-caryophyllene nitrosochloride melts at 177", and /3-caryophyllene nitrosochloride at 159°. They can be separated by fractional crystallisation. The corresponding a-nitrolbenzylamine melts at 126° to 128°, and the /3-nitrolbenzylamine at 172° to 173°. The bimolecular formula given above is probable but not certain. 

Terpineol nitrosochloride, Cj Hj-OH. NOCl, is, perhaps, the most suitable derivative to prepare for the identification of terpineol. To a solution of 15 grams of terpineol in 15 c.c. of glacial acetic acid, 11 c.c. of ethyl nitrite are added. The mixture is cooled in ice, and 6 c.c. of hydrochloric acid mixed with 6 c.c. of glacial acetic acid are added drop by drop, with continual shaking. Care must be taken to avoid a rise in temperature. When the reaction is compdete, water is added to pjre-cipitate the nitrosochloride. The oily liquid soon solidifies and may be recrystallised from boiling acetic ether or from methyl alcohol. Ter-... 

Salpetrigather, m. ethyl nitrite, salpetrigsauer, a. of or combined with nitrous acid, nitrite of. 

Salpetrigsaure, /. nitrous acid, -anhydrid, n. nitrous anhydride, dinitrogen trioxide, -atlier, m. nitrous ether (ethyl nitrite), salpetrisch, a. nitrous. 

The combined liquors, which comprise an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution of 3-amino-methyl-pyridine hydrochloride, are then heated to a temperature of 60° to 65°C, and ethyl nitrite gas is passed into the heated solution. The ethyl nitrite is generated by placing 20 liters of 90% ethyl alcohol in a suitable vessel, diluting with 200 liters of water, and, while stirring, adding to the dilute alcohol 18.3 kg of nitrosyl chloride at the rate of 2.25 kg per hour. (The process using methyl nitrite is carried out by substituting a stoichiometrically equivalent quantity of methyl alcohol for the ethyl alcohol.)... 

When all the ethyl nitrite has been added, the reaction mixture is refluxed for approximately one hour, then concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (25 to 30 mm Hg) and at a maximum temperature of 70°C. The crystalline residue is dissolved in 35 liters of water and adjusted to a pH of 8 to 9 by addition (with cooling and stirring) of 11 to 12 kg of caustic soda. The sodium chloride formed is filtered off, and the filter cake is washed with 20 liters of normal butyl alcohol. This wash liquid is used for the first extraction of the product from the aqueous filtrate. The filtrate is then further extracted with four successive 20-liter portions of n-butyl alcohol. 

Ethyl methyl ketone, 10, 23 17, 74 Ethyl methyl ketoxime, 11, 59 Ethyl methylmalonate, 17, 56 Ethyl i-methylthiol-3-phthaIimidopro-pane-3,3-dicatboxylate, 14, 58 Ethyl nitrite, 10, 22, 25... 

Ethyl Nitrite. See under Ethane Nitrite in Vol 6, E145-L... 

The diazotization reaction can also be initiated via the vapor phase, e. g. with ethyl nitrite that can be generated in one trough of a twin-trough chamber by adding a few drops of cone, hydrochloric acid to a mixture of ethanol and saturated aqueous sodium nitrite solution (1 + 1) [3] the less volatile amyl nitrite can be used as an alternative [3]. 

Ethyl nitrite, 58,113,115 ETHYL 7-3-NITROACRYLATE, 56,65 Ethyl JV-nitroso-JV-(p-tolylsulfonylmethyl> carbamate, 57, 96 Ethyl nonanoate, 59, 110 Ethyl 7-oxo-l-cycloheptene-l-carboxylate,... 

A kinetic study of the previously reported substitution of aromatic nitro groups by tervalent phosphorus has established an aromatic 5n2 mechanism. Similarities in values of activation energies, and in relative reactivities of phosphite and phosphonite esters, between this displacement and the Arbusov reaction suggest a related mechanism (31), while the lack of reactivity of p-dinitrobenzene is attributed to the need for intramolecular solvation (32). The exclusive formation of ethyl nitrite, rather than other isomers, is confirmed from the decomposition of triethoxy-(ethyl)phosphonium fluoroborate (33) in the presence of silver nitrite. A mechanism involving quinquevalent phosphorus (34) still seems applicable, particularly in view of the recent mechanistic work on the Arbusov reaction. ... 

The kinetics of the various reactions have been explored in detail using large-volume chambers that can be used to simulate reactions in the troposphere. They have frequently used hydroxyl radicals formed by photolysis of methyl (or ethyl) nitrite, with the addition of NO to inhibit photolysis of NO2. This would result in the formation of 0( P) atoms, and subsequent reaction with Oj would produce ozone, and hence NO3 radicals from NOj. Nitrate radicals are produced by the thermal decomposition of NjOj, and in experiments with O3, a scavenger for hydroxyl radicals is added. Details of the different experimental procedures for the measurement of absolute and relative rates have been summarized, and attention drawn to the often considerable spread of values for experiments carried out at room temperature (-298 K) (Atkinson 1986). It should be emphasized that in the real troposphere, both the rates—and possibly the products—of transformation will be determined by seasonal differences both in temperature and the intensity of solar radiation. These are determined both by latitude and altitude. 

CsHgNOj Ethyl nitrite CaHjBrOg Methyl bromoacetate... 

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