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Substance Name: Nitrous oxide [USP:JAN]
RN: 10024-97-2
UNII: K50XQU1029
InChIKey: GQPLMRYTRLFLPF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Note
- Nitrogen oxide (N2O). A colorless, odorless gas that is used as an anesthetic and analgesic. High concentrations cause a narcotic effect and may replace oxygen, causing death by asphyxia. It is also used as a food aerosol in the preparation of whipping cream.
Molecular Formula
- N2-O
Molecular Weight
- 44.013
Classification Codes
Classification Codes
- Analgesics
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
- Anesthetic (Inhalation)
- Anesthetics
- Anesthetics, General
- Anesthetics, Inhalation
- Central Nervous System Agents
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Human Data
- Mutation Data
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Reproductive Effect
- Sensory System Agents
- Tumor Data
Superlist Classification Code
- TWA (50 ppm); Not classifiable as a human carcinogen
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Names and Synonyms
Name of Substance
- Nitrogen oxide
- Nitrous oxide
- Nitrous oxide [USP:JAN]
MeSH Heading
- Nitrous oxide
Synonyms
- CCRIS 1225
- Dinitrogen monoxide
- Dinitrogen oxide
- EC 233-032-0
- EINECS 233-032-0
- Factitious air
- FEMA No. 2779
- HSDB 504
- Hyponitrous acid anhydride
- Laughing gas
- Nitrogen hypoxide
- Nitrogen monoxide
- Nitrogen oxide
- Nitrogen oxide (N2O)
- Nitrogen protoxide
- Nitrous oxide
- Nitrous oxide, compressed
- Nitrous oxide, refrigerated liquid
- NIX
- Oxido nitroso
- Oxido nitroso [Spanish]
- Protoxyde d'azote
- Protoxyde d'azote [French]
- Stickdioxyd
- Stickdioxyd [German]
- UNII-K50XQU1029
Systematic Names
- Dinitrogen oxide
- Nitrogen oxide
- Nitrogen oxide (N2O)
- Nitrous oxide
Superlist Names
- Dinitrogen monoxide
- Laughing gas
- Nitrous oxide
- Nitrous oxide [Anaesthetics, volatile]
- Nitrous oxide [UN1070] [Nonflammable gas]
- Nitrous oxide, refrigerated liquid [UN2201] [Nonflammable gas]
- UN1070
- UN2201
Registry Numbers
CAS Registry Number
- 10024-97-2
FDA UNII
- K50XQU1029
Other Registry Numbers
- 126386-65-0
- 129451-49-6
- 130835-71-1
- 147527-07-9
- 175876-44-5
- 1818889-29-0
- 794457-85-5
- 847968-13-2
- 850203-00-8
System Generated Number
- 0010024972
Structure Descriptors
InChI
InChI=1S/N2O/c1-2-3InChIKey
GQPLMRYTRLFLPF-UHFFFAOYSA-NSmiles
[N-]=[N+]=OToxicity
Organism | Test Type | Route | Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) | Effect | Source |
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human | TCLo | inhalation | 24mg/kg/2H (24mg/kg) | BEHAVIORAL: GENERAL ANESTHETIC CARDIAC: PULSE RATE | British Journal of Anesthesia. Vol. 35, Pg. 631, 1963. |