Editing Nitrite (section)

==Organic nitrites==
[[Image:Nitrite-group-2D.svg|thumb|right|upright=0.5|class=skin-invert-image|A nitrite ester]]

In [[organic chemistry]], [[alkyl nitrites]] are [[ester]]s of nitrous acid and contain the nitrosoxy functional group. Nitro compounds contain the C–NO<sub>2</sub> group. Nitrites have the general formula RONO, where R is an [[aryl]] or [[alkyl]] group. [[Amyl nitrite]] and other alkyl nitrites have a [[vasodilation|vasodilating action]] and must be handled in the laboratory with caution. They are sometimes used in medicine for the treatment of heart diseases. A classic [[named reaction]] for the synthesis of alkyl nitrites is the '''Meyer synthesis'''<ref>{{cite journal 
| title = Ueber die Nitroverbindungen der Fettreihe  
| author = Victor Meyer  
| journal = [[Justus Liebig's Annalen der Chemie]] 
| volume = 171 
| issue = 1
| pages = 1–56 
| year = 1872 
| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1427331
| doi = 10.1002/jlac.18741710102   | author-link = Victor Meyer 
}}; {{cite journal 
| title = Ueber die Pseudonitrole, die Isomeren der Nitrolsäuren
| author = Victor Meyer, J. Locher
| journal = [[Justus Liebig's Annalen der Chemie]] 
| volume = 180 
| issue = 1–2
| pages = 133–55
| year = 1876 
| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1427351
| doi = 10.1002/jlac.18761800113}}; {{cite journal 
| title = Vorläufige Mittheilung
| author = V. Meyer and Stüber
| journal = [[Chemische Berichte]] 
| volume = 5 
| pages = 203–05
| year = 1872
| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1425020
| doi = 10.1002/cber.18720050165}}; {{cite journal 
| title = Ueber die Nitroverbindungen der Fettreihe 
| author = Victor Meyer, O. Stüber
| journal = [[Chemische Berichte]] 
| volume = 5 
| pages = 399–406
| year = 1872
| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1427331
| doi = 10.1002/cber.187200501121| s2cid = 95188274
}}; {{cite journal 
| title = Ueber die Nitroverbindungen der Fettreiche. Dritte Mittheilung 
| author = Victor Meyer, A. Rilliet
| journal = [[Chemische Berichte]] 
| volume = 5 
| issue = 2
| pages = 1029–34
| year = 1872
| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1425028
| doi = 10.1002/cber.187200502133}};  {{cite journal 
| title = Ueber die Nitroverbindungen der Fettreihe. Vierte Mittheilung
| author = Victor Meyer, C. Chojnacki
| journal = [[Chemische Berichte]] 
| volume = 5 
| issue = 2
| pages = 1034–38
| year = 1872
| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1425030
| doi = 10.1002/cber.187200502134}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal 
| title = The Relationship of the Constitution of Certain Alky Halides to the Formation of Nitroparaffins and Alkyl Nitrites
| author = Robert B. Reynolds, Homer Adkins 
| journal = [[Journal of the American Chemical Society]] 
| volume = 51 
| issue = 1
| pages = 279–87 
| year = 1929
| doi = 10.1021/ja01376a037| bibcode = 1929JAChS..51..279R 
}}</ref> in which [[alkyl halide]]s react with metallic nitrites to a mixture to nitroalkanes and nitrites.