sodium nitrite
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An inorganic sodium salt having nitrite as the counterion. Used as a food preservative and antidote to cyanide poisoning. — ChEBI
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cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has
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Classification
Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.
Chemical structure
Computed structure properties
| Molecular formula | NO2.Na |
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| Charge | 0 |
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| Average mass | 68.995 Da |
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| Monoisotopic mass | 68.98267 Da |
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| Source | ChEBI |
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| InChIKey | LPXPTNMVRIOKMN-UHFFFAOYSA-M |
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SMILES
O=N[O-].[Na+]
InChI
InChI=1S/HNO2.Na/c2-1-3;/h(H,2,3);/q;+1/p-1
Also called
- NaNO2 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Natrium nitrit (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Nitrite de sodium (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- Nitrito sodico (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Cross-references
Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.
Activity roles
Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the
unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.
Source concepts
Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is
the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.
Upstream concepts merged into this record
| Source | Native ID | Label | Minted CURIE | Version |
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| CHEBI |
CHEBI:78870 |
sodium nitrite |
antibioticmech:chebi-3d78de8b5b |
2026-08-30 |
Mechanism summary
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Curation history
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Provenance
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