Sodium propionateProduct ingredient for Propanoic acid
- Name
- Sodium propionate
- Drug Entry
- Propanoic acid
Sodium propionate is the sodium salt of propionic acid that exists as colorless, transparent crystals or a granular crystalline powder. It is considered generally recognized as safe (GRAS) food ingredient by FDA, where it acts as an antimicrobial agent for food preservation and flavoring agent. Its use as a food additive is also approved in Europe. Sodium propionate is is prepared by neutralizing propionic acid with sodium hydroxide. Sodium propionate was previously approved in Canada as an active ingredient in Amino-Cerv (used to treat inflammation or injury of the cervix).
- Accession Number
- DBSALT002690 (DB13440)
- Structure
Structure for Sodium propionate (DBSALT002690)
- Synonyms
- Sodium propionate hydrate
- UNII
- 9Z979E349R
- CAS Number
- 6700-17-0
- Weight
- Average: 114.076
Monoisotopic: 114.02928837 - Chemical Formula
- C3H7NaO3
- InChI Key
- HOAUAOBUGFYWMK-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C3H6O2.Na.H2O/c1-2-3(4)5;;/h2H2,1H3,(H,4,5);;1H2/q;+1;/p-1
- IUPAC Name
- sodium hydrate propanoate
- SMILES
- O.[Na+].CCC([O-])=O
- External Links
- PubChem Compound
- 23663426
- PubChem Substance
- 347829300
- ChemSpider
- 178477
- ChEMBL
- CHEMBL3989705
- Wikipedia
- Sodium_propionate
- Predicted Properties
Property Value Source Water Solubility 286.0 mg/mL ALOGPS logP 0.49 ALOGPS logP 0.48 Chemaxon logS 0.47 ALOGPS pKa (Strongest Acidic) 4.75 Chemaxon Physiological Charge -1 Chemaxon Hydrogen Acceptor Count 2 Chemaxon Hydrogen Donor Count 0 Chemaxon Polar Surface Area 40.13 Å2 Chemaxon Rotatable Bond Count 1 Chemaxon Refractivity 28.11 m3·mol-1 Chemaxon Polarizability 6.84 Å3 Chemaxon Number of Rings 0 Chemaxon Bioavailability 1 Chemaxon Rule of Five Yes Chemaxon Ghose Filter No Chemaxon Veber's Rule No Chemaxon MDDR-like Rule No Chemaxon