nitropropane
noun
ni·tro·propane
Definition of nitropropane
: either of two liquid nitroparaffins C3H7NO2 made usually by hot vapor-phase nitration of propane and used chiefly as industrial solvents and in chemical synthesis:
a
: the primary derivative CH3CH2CH2NO2
— called also 1-nitropropane
b
: the secondary derivative CH3CH(NO2)CH3
— called also 2-nitropropane