Potassium nitrite
Properties
- Molecular formula
- KNO2
- Molar mass
- 85.10 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 84.9566 Da
- Density
- 1.92 g/mL
- Melting point
- 441 °C (decomposes)
- logP
- -0.24Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 49.7 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 1 / 2
- Rotatable bonds
- 0
Hazards
No GHS classification is on file for this compound. That is not evidence that it is harmless.
Identifiers
CAS number
7758-09-0SMILES
N(=O)[O-].[K+]InChIKey
BXNHTSHTPBPRFX-UHFFFAOYSA-MInChI
InChI=1S/K.HNO2/c;2-1-3/h;(H,2,3)/q+1;/p-1Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass and density.
Names and synonyms
4 names
- Nitrous acid, potassium salt (1:1)
- Nitrous acid, potassium salt
- Klear
- E 249
Work with Potassium nitrite
Similar compounds
Barium nitrite13465-94-660 % similar
Calcium nitrite13780-06-860 % similar
Nickel(II) nitrite17861-62-060 % similar
Sodium nitrite7632-00-060 % similar
Silver nitrite7783-99-560 % similar
Potassium chromate7789-00-633 % similar
Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.