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nitrite

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nitrite

Any salt or ester of nitrous acid (HNO2). The salts are inorganic compounds with ionic bonds, containing the nitrite ion (NO2−) and any cation. The esters are organic compounds with covalent bonds, having the structure R−O−N−O, in which R represents a carbon-containing combining group and the bonding is from carbon to oxygen. These covalent nitrites are constitutional isomers (see isomerism) of the nitro compounds, nitric acid derivatives (R−NO2), in which the bonding is from carbon to nitrogen. Nitrites are used as food preservatives and color enhancers, though they are so toxic they have caused deaths and combine with amines to produce carcinogens. They are used in medicine to dilate blood vessels.

nitrite
any salt or ester of nitrous acid
nitrite [′nī‚trīt]
(chemistry)
A compound containing the radical NO2-; can be organic or inorganic.
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I had obtained good results in such cases by the inhalation of nitrite of amyl, and the present seemed an admirable opportunity of testing its virtues.
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