isoamyl alcohol

English

Noun

isoamyl alcohol (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An isomer of amyl alcohol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, found in trace amounts in wine; used industrially in the preparation of isoamyl nitrite.
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