1.02010-04-08 22:11:49 UTC2018-05-29 01:18:41 UTCFDB015396Sodium sulfite (Na2SO3)It is used as a sanitising agent for food containers and fermentation equipment, as a preservative to reduce or prevent microbial spoilage of food, as a selective inhibitor of undesirable microorganisms in the fermentation industries, and as an antioxidant and inhibitor of enzyme-catalysed oxidative discoloration and non-enzymic browning during prepn., storage and distribution of foodsAnhydrous sodium sulfiteDisodium sulfiteDisodium sulfite (Na2SO3)E221Exsiccated sodium sulfiteNatrII sulphisNatrium sulfurosumNatriumsulfidNatriumsulfitS-watSodium sulfiteSodium sulfite (2:1)Sodium sulfite anhydrousSodium sulfite, exsiccatedSodium sulphiteSulftechSulfurous acid disodium salt, 8CISulfurous acid, disodium saltSulfurous acid, sodium salt (1:2)Na2O3S126.043125.936353906disodium sulfitedisodium sulfite7757-83-7[Na+].[Na+].[O-]S([O-])=OInChI=1S/2Na.H2O3S/c;;1-4(2)3/h;;(H2,1,2,3)/q2*+1;/p-2GEHJYWRUCIMESM-UHFFFAOYSA-L belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as alkali metal sulfites. These are inorganic compounds in which the largest oxoanion is sulfite, and in which the heaviest atom not in an oxoanion is an alkali metal.Alkali metal sulfitesInorganic compoundsMixed metal/non-metal compoundsAlkali metal oxoanionic compoundsAlkali metal sulfitesInorganic oxidesInorganic sodium saltsAlkali metal sulfiteInorganic oxideInorganic saltInorganic sodium saltinorganic sodium saltsulfite saltlogp-1.2pka_strongest_acidic-3.7iupacdisodium sulfiteaverage_mass126.043mono_mass125.936353906smiles[Na+].[Na+].[O-]S([O-])=OformulaNa2O3SinchiInChI=1S/2Na.H2O3S/c;;1-4(2)3/h;;(H2,1,2,3)/q2*+1;/p-2inchikeyGEHJYWRUCIMESM-UHFFFAOYSA-Lpolar_surface_area63.19refractivity10.08polarizability5.1rotatable_bond_count0acceptor_count3donor_count0physiological_charge-1formal_charge0Specdb::MsMs1302943Specdb::MsMs1302944Specdb::MsMs1302945