CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Available as 20% solution: clear to yellow liquid; [MSDSonline] Very unstable and almost always handled as aqueous solution; [Ullmann] |
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| Chemical Classes | Nitrogen Compounds -> Nitrates and Nitrites |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 64.044 g/mol |
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| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 1 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 3 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Exact Mass | 64.027277375 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 64.027277375 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 53.5 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 4 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 7.5 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 2 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Ammonium nitrite is a chemical compound of ammonium and nitrite ions. It is used as a rodenticide, microbiocide and agricultural pesticide, and is acutely toxic to both humans and aquatic organisms. Nitrite is a toxic compound known to cause methemoglobinemia. (L1137, L1614)