Editing Amyl nitrite (section)

==Nomenclature==
The term "amyl nitrite" encompasses several [[isomer]]s. In older literature, the common non-systematic name '''amyl''' was often used for the [[pentyl group]], where the amyl group is a [[Alkane#Linear alkanes|linear or normal (n)]] [[alkyl]] group, and the resulting amyl nitrite would have the structural formula CH<sub>3</sub>(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>ONO, also referred to as n-amyl nitrite.

A common form of amyl nitrite is the isomer with the formula (CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>CHCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>ONO, which may be more specifically referred to as isoamyl nitrite.

The similarly named [[amyl nitrate]] has very different properties. At the same time, [[isopropyl nitrite]] has a similar structure and similar uses (also called 'poppers') but with worse side-effects.<ref>{{cite book | last=Cantrell | first=F.L. | title=Encyclopedia of Toxicology | chapter=Nitrite Inhalants | publisher=Elsevier | year=2014 | pages=530–531 | doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-386454-3.00042-7| isbn=9780123864550 }}</ref>

Amyl nitrite is sometimes referred to colloquially as ''banapple gas''.<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Nordegren T |title=The A-Z Encyclopedia of Alcohol and Drug Abuse|date=2002|publisher=Brown Walker Press|isbn=158112404X|page=94|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yaGePenGKgC&q=%22A-Z+Encyclopedia+of+Alcohol+and+Drug+Abuse%22&pg=PA5|access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref>