Julaine Allan has received funding from the NHMRC, ARC and RIRDC for the various research projects she has been involved with. Amyl nitrite is the most well known of a group of chemicals called alkyl ...

Isoamyl nitrite (aka isopentyl nitrite or, incorrectly, amyl nitrite) is an alkyl nitrite ester that has several uses in medicine and chemical synthesis. The term “amyl nitrite” is also used to denote ...

MR. GEORGE ABYARCH, of Cincinnati, asks of me through the columns of NATURE two questions concerning the nitrite of amyl, which I may briefly answer as follows:—(1) Nitrite of amyl has been used, and ...

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