1.0 2010-04-08 22:11:11 UTC 2025-11-19 00:44:57 UTC FDB014284 Ammonium carbonate It is used in baking powder Ammonium carbonate is the commercial salt, formerly known as sal volatile or salt of hartshorn. Ammonium carbonate is used when crushed as a smelling salt. It can be crushed when needed in order to revive someone who has fainted. It is also known as "baker's ammonia" and was a forerunner to the more modern leavening agents baking soda and baking powder. Carbonic acid ammonium salt Diammonium carbonate E503(i) Hartshorn Sal volatile CH8N2O3 96.0858 96.053492132 diammonium carbonate diammonium carbonate 10361-29-2 [NH4+].[NH4+].[O-]C([O-])=O InChI=1S/CH2O3.2H3N/c2-1(3)4;;/h(H2,2,3,4);2*1H3 PRKQVKDSMLBJBJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N belongs to the class of organic compounds known as organic carbonic acids. Organic carbonic acids are compounds comprising the carbonic acid functional group. Organic carbonic acids Organic compounds Organic acids and derivatives Organic carbonic acids and derivatives Organic carbonic acids Aliphatic acyclic compounds Carbonyl compounds Hydrocarbon derivatives Organic nitrogen compounds Organic oxides Aliphatic acyclic compound Carbonic acid Carbonyl group Hydrocarbon derivative Organic nitrogen compound Organic oxide Organic oxygen compound Organooxygen compound logp -0.53 ALOGPS logs 0.90 ALOGPS solubility 7.56e+02 g/l ALOGPS melting_point Mp 58° dec. logp 0.25 ChemAxon pka_strongest_acidic 6.05 ChemAxon iupac diammonium carbonate ChemAxon average_mass 96.0858 ChemAxon mono_mass 96.053492132 ChemAxon smiles [NH4+].[NH4+].[O-]C([O-])=O ChemAxon formula CH8N2O3 ChemAxon inchi InChI=1S/CH2O3.2H3N/c2-1(3)4;;/h(H2,2,3,4);2*1H3 ChemAxon inchikey PRKQVKDSMLBJBJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N ChemAxon polar_surface_area 63.19 ChemAxon refractivity 31.17 ChemAxon polarizability 3.52 ChemAxon rotatable_bond_count 0 ChemAxon acceptor_count 3 ChemAxon donor_count 0 ChemAxon physiological_charge -1 ChemAxon formal_charge 0 ChemAxon Specdb::CMs 23769 Specdb::MsMs 56187 Specdb::MsMs 56188 Specdb::MsMs 56189 Specdb::MsMs 111552 Specdb::MsMs 111553 Specdb::MsMs 111554 HMDB35592