NITROUS OXIDE
Relevant Data
Food Additives Approved in the United States
Food Additives Approved by European Union:
General Information
| Synonyms: | DINITROGEN MONOXIDE |
| Chemical Names: | DINITROGEN MONOXIDE |
| CAS number: | 10024-97-2 |
| FEMA number: | 2779 |
| INS: | 942 |
| Functional Class: |
Food Additives ANTIOXIDANT PROPELLANT FOAMING_AGENT |
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Evaluations
| Evaluation year: | 2000 |
| ADI: | NOT SPECIFIED |
| Meeting: | 29 |
| Specs Code: | R |
| Comments: | At its twenty-ninth meeting (1985), the Committee concluded that use of nitrous oxide as a propellant for food was acceptable. At its fifty-fifth meeting (2000), the Committee was requested by the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants to evaluate the additional use of nitrous oxide as a packaging gas, but the Committee could not carry out this request because no information on intake of nitrous oxide for such use was available. |
| Report: | TRS 901-JECFA 55/17 |
| Tox Monograph: | NOT PREPARED |
| Specification: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/79; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.2/445 |
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GSFA Provisions for NITROUS OXIDE
| Number | Food Category | Max Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06.4.2 | Dried pastas and noodles and like products |
GMP | Note 256 |
| 01.2.1.2 | Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation |
GMP | Note 59 |
| 09.1.2 | Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
GMP | Note XS315,Note XS312,Note 390 |
| 09.2.1 | Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
GMP | Note XS315,Note XS312,Note 392,Note XS36,Note XS190,Note XS191,Note XS95,Note XS165,Note XS92,Note 308 |
| 01.4.2 | Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) |
GMP | Note 278,Note 59 |
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Computed Descriptors
Download SDF| 2D Structure | |
| CID | 948 |
| IUPAC Name | nitrous oxide |
| InChI | InChI=1S/N2O/c1-2-3 |
| InChI Key | GQPLMRYTRLFLPF-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| Canonical SMILES | N#[N+][O-] |
| Molecular Formula | N2O |
| Wikipedia | nitrous oxide |
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Computed Properties
| Property Name | Property Value |
|---|---|
| Molecular Weight | 44.013 |
| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 2 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Complexity | 29.3 |
| CACTVS Substructure Key Fingerprint | A A A D c Q A D I 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 A A A A A A A A A A A M 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 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 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 | 54.5 |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 44.001 |
| Exact Mass | 44.001 |
| XLogP3 | None |
| XLogP3-AA | 0.5 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | True |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Heavy Atom Count | 3 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
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Food Additives Biosynthesis/Degradation
Taxonomic Classification
| Kingdom | Inorganic compounds |
|---|---|
| Superclass | Homogeneous non-metal compounds |
| Class | Other non-metal organides |
| Subclass | Other non-metal nitrides |
| Intermediate Tree Nodes | Not available |
| Direct Parent | Other non-metal nitrides |
| Alternative Parents | |
| Molecular Framework | Not available |
| Substituents | Other non-metal nitride - Inorganic nitride - Inorganic oxide |
| Description | This compound belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as other non-metal nitrides. These are inorganic compounds of nitrogen where nitrogen has a formal oxidation state of -3, and the heaviest atom bonded to it belongs to the class of 'other non-metals'. |
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