sodium nitrite

PubChem Notes:

Sodium Nitrite Nitrous acid sodium salt. Used in many industrial processes, in meat curing, coloring, and preserving, and as a reagent in analytical chemistry. It is used therapeutically as an antidote in cyanide poisoning. The compound is toxic and mutagenic and will react in vivo with secondary or tertiary amines thereby producing highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.

Molecular Formula: NNaO2


InChI: InChI=1/HNO2.Na/c2-1-3;/h(H,2,3);/q;+1/p-1/fNO2.Na/q-1;m

InChIKey: InChIKey=LPXPTNMVRIOKMN-BUTCQXEJCY
SMILES: N(=O)[O-].[Na+]

Names:
    SODIUM NITRITE
    sodium nitrite

Registries:
    PubChem CID 24269
    PubChem ID 10501486