Sodium nitriteProduct ingredient for Nitrous acid

Name
Sodium nitrite
Drug Entry
Nitrous acid

Nitrous acid (as sodium nitrite) is used as part of an intravenous mixture with sodium thiosulfate to treat cyanide poisoning. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medications needed in a basic health system. There is also research to investigate its applicability towards treatments for heart attacks, brain aneurysms, pulmonary hypertension in infants, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections.

Accession Number
DBSALT002657
Structure
Synonyms
Natrium nitrit / Nitrite de sodium / Nitrito sodico
External IDs
INS NO.250 / INS-250
UNII
M0KG633D4F
CAS Number
7632-00-0
Weight
Average: 68.9953
Monoisotopic: 68.982672924
Chemical Formula
NNaO2
InChI Key
LPXPTNMVRIOKMN-UHFFFAOYSA-M
InChI
InChI=1S/HNO2.Na/c2-1-3;/h(H,2,3);/q;+1/p-1
IUPAC Name
sodium nitrite
SMILES
[Na+].[O-]N=O
KEGG Drug
D05865
ChemSpider
22689
ChEBI
78870
ChEMBL
CHEMBL93268
PharmGKB
PA166115361
Wikipedia
Sodium_nitrite
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
logP0.17Chemaxon
pKa (Strongest Basic)-3.5Chemaxon
Physiological Charge0Chemaxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count2Chemaxon
Hydrogen Donor Count0Chemaxon
Polar Surface Area52.49 Å2Chemaxon
Rotatable Bond Count0Chemaxon
Refractivity7.6 m3·mol-1Chemaxon
Polarizability2.44 Å3Chemaxon
Number of Rings0Chemaxon
Bioavailability1Chemaxon
Rule of FiveYesChemaxon
Ghose FilterNoChemaxon
Veber's RuleNoChemaxon
MDDR-like RuleNoChemaxon