dinitrogen
Molecular structure
Cooking relevance
Molecular nitrogen (N₂, PubChem CID 947) is an inert gas comprising ~78% of air. It plays no direct role in flavor, aroma, or culinary chemistry. The listed foods are synthetic compounds with no established culinary use or presence in conventional cooking.
- aroma
- none—inert gas
- culinary role
- none—inert atmospheric gas
Sensory signature
How this molecule tastes and smells · gold is measured, dashed is a model estimate
Biochemical reactions
Metabolic reactions from curated biochemical databases · peer-reviewed
N2 + 4 reduced [flavodoxin] + 16 ATP + 16 H2O = 4 oxidized [flavodoxin] + H2 + 2 NH4(+) + 16 ADP + 16 phosphate + 18 H(+)
N2 + 8 reduced [2Fe-2S]-[ferredoxin] + 16 ATP + 16 H2O = H2 + 8 oxidized [2Fe-2S]-[ferredoxin] + 2 NH4(+) + 16 ADP + 16 phosphate + 6 H(+)
hydrazine + 4 Fe(III)-[cytochrome c] = N2 + 4 Fe(II)-[cytochrome c] + 4 H(+)
hydroxylamine + 2 A + NH4(+) = N2 + 2 AH2 + H2O + H(+)
Research associations
Literature-derived · peer-reviewed sources only · not medical advice
Foods containing this compound
No ingredients yet reference this CID. The enrichment fleet populates this continuously.
Verified Data
Compound identity and culinary context are continuously cross-referenced across open scientific databases and maintained by Foodgeist's enrichment pipeline.
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