hypochlorite ion

anion

Class type of: monoanion, chlorine oxoanion Q409049

Facts

12 properties

Instance of: type of chemical entity
Subclass of: monoanion, chlorine oxoanion^[4]^[5]
Part of: hypochlorite binding, hypochlorous acid metabolic process, hypochlorous acid biosynthetic process, hypochlorous acid catabolic process, response to hypochlorite^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Has use: chlorine-releasing compound, bleach, oxidizing agent^[11]^[12]^[13]
Canonical SMILES: [O-]Cl^[2]
Chemical formula: ClO⁻^[3]
Conjugate acid: hypochlorous acid
Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Different from: hypochlorite, hypochlorite salt
Has part(s): oxygen, chlorine^[14]^[15]
Has parts: oxygen, chlorine
Mass: 50.964

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 30

OpenAlex ID: C2776832558
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: hypochlorite-chemie
CAS Registry Number: 14380-61-1
ChEBI ID: 29222
ChemSpider ID: 55632
DSSTOX compound identifier: DTXCID6034689
DSSTox substance ID: DTXSID8073136
DrugBank ID: DB11123
EC number: 807-894-9
ECHA Substance Infocard ID: 100.235.795
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID: 196995
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/hypochlorite

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Freebase ID: /m/03jdr1
Gmelin number: 682
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: hipoclorit
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0187593
InChI: InChI=1S/ClO/c1-2/q-1
InChIKey: WQYVRQLZKVEZGA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
JSTOR topic ID (archived): hypochlorite
KBpedia ID: HypochloriteIon
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2776832558
PesticideInfo chemical ID: PRI3610
Probes And Drugs ID: PD061017
PubChem CID: 61739
Quora topic ID: Hypochlorite
RxNorm CUI: 1483317
UN number: 3212
UNII: T5UM7HB19N
UniChem compound ID: 1104730
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 14638423-n

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🔗 Connections

Has use 3

oxidizing agent, bleach, chlorine-releasing compound

Has part(s) 2

oxygen, chlorine

Belongs to 1

sodium hypochlorite

Conjugate acid 1

hypochlorous acid

Described by source 1

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Different from 1

hypochlorite salt

← Conjugate base 1

hypochlorous acid

← Different from 1

hypochlorite salt

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Summary

hypochlorite ion is a type of chemical entity^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ hypochlorite ion — canonical SMILES (P233): [O-]Cl. PubChem. Retrieved 2016-11-18. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ hypochlorite ion — chemical formula (P274): ClO⁻. PubChem. Retrieved 2016-11-18. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ hypochlorite ion — subclass of (P279): monoanion. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ hypochlorite ion — subclass of (P279): chlorine oxoanion. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ hypochlorite ion — part of (P361): hypochlorite binding. Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ hypochlorite ion — part of (P361): hypochlorous acid metabolic process. Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ hypochlorite ion — part of (P361): hypochlorous acid biosynthetic process. Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ hypochlorite ion — part of (P361): hypochlorous acid catabolic process. Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ hypochlorite ion — part of (P361): response to hypochlorite. Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ hypochlorite ion — has use (P366): chlorine-releasing compound. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ hypochlorite ion — has use (P366): bleach. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ hypochlorite ion — has use (P366): oxidizing agent. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ hypochlorite ion — has part(s) (P527): oxygen. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ hypochlorite ion — has part(s) (P527): chlorine. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ hypochlorite ion is an instance of type of chemical entity (Q113145171) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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