Nitrate ester
Chemical group (–ONO2) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Nitro compound.
In organic chemistry, a nitrate ester is an organic functional group with the formula R−ONO2, where R stands for any organyl group. They are the esters of nitric acid and alcohols. A well-known example is nitroglycerin, which is not a nitro compound, despite its name.