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nitrous oxide

Also known as dinitrogen monoxide, hyponitrous acid anhydride, laughing gas, N2O, nitrous, nitro, NOS, NNO

chemical compound

AI overview

Nitrous oxide is a chemical compound commonly known as laughing gas, which has been used in medicine and dentistry for pain relief and anesthesia. It also has industrial applications and is a greenhouse gas that contributes to environmental concerns.

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Chemical data

Formula: N2O
Molecular weight: 44.013 g/mol
IUPAC name: nitrous oxide
SMILES: [N-]=[N+]=O
InChIKey: GQPLMRYTRLFLPF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP: 0.5
Polar surface area: 19.1 Å²
H-bond donors: 0
H-bond acceptors: 2
Formal charge: 0

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Research

26,615 papers

Nitrous oxide-induced neurotoxicity: A case report and literature review.ReviewBritish journal of clinical pharmacology · 2021Thayabaran D, Burrage DDOI: 10.1111/bcp.14779
Exploring Nitrous Oxide as Treatment of Mood Disorders: Basic Concepts.ReviewJournal of clinical psychopharmacology · 2018Nagele P, Zorumski CF, Conway CDOI: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000837
Nitrous oxide: a unique drug of continuing importance for anaesthesia.ReviewBest practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology · 2005Hopkins PMDOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2005.03.002
Nitrous oxide inhalation: History and experiences.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2024Kronenberg G, Seifritz E, Olbrich SDOI: 10.1111/aas.14462
Nitrous oxide-oxygen anesthesia.Anesthesiology · 1946CLEMENT FWDOI: 10.1097/00000542-194611000-00004
'Cracking' the environmental problem of nitrous oxide in obstetrics.Anaesthesia · 2023Lucas DN, Wong R, Kearsley RDOI: 10.1111/anae.15907
NITROUS OXIDE IN OBSTETRICS.ReviewClinical anesthesia · 1964HUSTEAD RF
[Festive use of nitrous oxide: major risks !].ReviewLa Revue du praticien · 2019Auffret Y

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 44.001

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Commons category: Nitrous oxide
chemical formula: N₂O
time-weighted average exposure limit: 46
NIOSH Pocket Guide ID: 0465
speed of sound: 263
melting point: -90.8
boiling point: -88.48
vapor pressure: 51.3
ionization energy: 12.89
solubility: 0.1
canonical SMILES: N#[N+][O-]
standard molar entropy: 219.9
density: 1.967
global warming potential: 265
electric dipole moment: 0.161

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Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas or nitrous, among others, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula N 2O. At room temperature, it is a colourless non-flammable gas, and has a slightly sweet scent and taste. At elevated temperatures, nitrous oxide is a powerful oxidiser similar to molecular oxygen.

Nitrous oxide has significant medical uses, especially in surgery and dentistry, for its anaesthetic and pain-reducing effects, and it is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Its colloquial name, "laughing gas", coined by Humphry Davy, describes the euphoric effects upon inhaling it, which cause it to be used as a recreational drug inducing a brief "high". When abused chronically, it may cause neurological damage through inactivation of vitamin B12. It is also used as an oxidiser in rocket propellants and motor racing fuels, and as a frothing gas for whipped cream.