Sodium ascorbate

Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved in the United States

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Mainterm SODIUM ASCORBATE

Doc Type ASP

CAS number 134-03-2

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General Information

Chemical name	Sodium ascorbate
E No.	E 301
INS.	301
CAS number	134-03-2
Group	No
Component of the group	Group I, Additives (Group I)

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Authorisation of the use of this additive in Food Additives

The additive is authorised to be used in the following category(ies):

category(ies)	Individual restriction(s)/exception(s)	footnote
Dehydrated milk as defined by Directive 2001/114/EC (1.5)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013) Frozen fruit and vegetables (4.1.3)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013) Canned or bottled fruit and vegetables (4.2.3)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013) Compote, excluding products covered by category 16 (4.2.4.2)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013) Fresh pasta (6.4.1)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013) Fresh pre-cooked pasta (6.4.3)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013) Bread prepared solely with the following ingredients: wheat flour, water, yeast or leaven,salt (7.1.1)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013) Unprocessed fish (9.1.1)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013) Unprocessed molluscs and crustaceans (9.1.2)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013) Beer and malt beverages (14.2.1)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013)	quantum satis
Peeled, cut and shredded fruit and vegetables (4.1.2)(legislation:438/2013, applicable as from 03/06/2013)	quantum satis , only prepacked refrigerated unprocessed fruit and vegetables ready for consumption and prepacked unprocessed and peeled potatoes
Pain courant francais; Friss búzakenyér, fehér és félbarna kenyerek (7.1.2)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013)	quantum satis , only Friss búzakenyér, fehér és félbarna kenyerek
Heat-treated processed meat (8.3.2)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013)	quantum satis , only foie gras, foie gras entier, blocs de foie gras / Libamáj, libamáj egészben, libamáj tömbben
Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children as defined by Directive 2006/125/EC (13.1.3)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013)	ML = 200 mg/kg , only fat-containing cereal-based foods including biscuits and rusks and baby foods ML = 300 mg/kg , only fruit - and vegetable based drinks, juices and baby foods	18 E 300, E 301 and E 302 are authorised individually or in combination, levels expressed as ascorbic acid
Meat preparations as defined by Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (8.2)(legislation:601/2014, applicable as from 25/06/2014)	quantum satis , only gehakt, prepacked preparations of fresh minced meat and meat preparations to which other ingredients than additives or salt have been added
Flours (6.2.1)(legislation:1129/2011, applicable as from 01/06/2013)	quantum satis ,

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Computed Descriptors

2D Structure
CID	23667548
IUPAC Name	sodium;(2R)-2-[(1S)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl]-4-hydroxy-5-oxo-2H-furan-3-olate
InChI	InChI=1S/C6H8O6.Na/c7-1-2(8)5-3(9)4(10)6(11)12-5;/h2,5,7-10H,1H2;/q;+1/p-1/t2-,5+;/m0./s1
InChI Key	PPASLZSBLFJQEF-RXSVEWSESA-M
Canonical SMILES	C(C(C1C(=C(C(=O)O1)O)[O-])O)O.[Na+]
Molecular Formula	C6H7O6Na
Wikipedia	sodium ascorbate

From Pubchem

Computed Properties

Property Name	Property Value
Molecular Weight	198.106
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count	3
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count	6
Rotatable Bond Count	2
Complexity	237.0
CACTVS Substructure Key Fingerprint	A A A D c Y B g O C A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A G g A A C A A A C B S g g A I A C A A A B g C I A A D Q C A I A A A A g I A A A C A B A A E g B F A A A I A A C U A A F w A A L I Q J A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A = =
Topological Polar Surface Area	110.0
Monoisotopic Mass	198.014
Exact Mass	198.014
Compound Is Canonicalized	True
Formal Charge	0
Heavy Atom Count	13
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count	2
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count	0
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count	0
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count	0
Isotope Atom Count	0
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count	2

From Pubchem

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom	Organic compounds
Superclass	Organoheterocyclic compounds
Class	Dihydrofurans
Subclass	Furanones
Intermediate Tree Nodes	Not available
Direct Parent	Butenolides
Alternative Parents	Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives Primary alcohols Hydrocarbon derivatives Lactones Organic oxides Organic zwitterions Organic sodium salts Enoate esters Vinylogous acids Oxacyclic compounds Carbonyl compounds Secondary alcohols 1,2-diols
Molecular Framework	Aliphatic heteromonocyclic compounds
Substituents	2-furanone - Enoate ester - Alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic ester - Vinylogous acid - 1,2-diol - Carboxylic acid ester - Lactone - Secondary alcohol - Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives - Carboxylic acid derivative - Oxacycle - Organic alkali metal salt - Hydrocarbon derivative - Organic oxide - Organic zwitterion - Organic oxygen compound - Primary alcohol - Organooxygen compound - Alcohol - Carbonyl group - Organic salt - Organic sodium salt - Aliphatic heteromonocyclic compound
Description	This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as butenolides. These are dihydrofurans with a carbonyl group at the C2 carbon atom.

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