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sodium benzoate
Also known as E211, Benzoic acid, sodium salt
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H5NaO2
- Molecular weight
- 144.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- sodium benzoate
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)[O-].[Na+]
- InChIKey
- WXMKPNITSTVMEF-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- Polar surface area
- 40.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
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Article
Sodium benzoate, also known as benzoate of soda, is the sodium salt of benzoic acid, widely used as a food preservative (with an E number of E211) and a pickling agent. It appears as a white crystalline chemical with the formula C6H5COONa.
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