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Nitrate ester
A
nitrate ester
is the organic functional group with the formula RONO
2
, where R stands for any organic residue. They are the
esters
of nitric acid and
alcohols
. A well-known example is
nitroglycerin
, which is not a
nitro
compound, despite its name.
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