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hypochlorous acid

chemical compound
Class type of: hypohalous acids, chlorine oxoacid Q407318

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Subclass of
hypohalous acids, chlorine oxoacid[5][6]
Part of
hypochlorous acid metabolic process, hypochlorous acid biosynthetic process, hypochlorous acid catabolic process, response to hypochlorite, hypochlorite binding[7][8][9][10][11]
Has use
chlorine-releasing compound[12]
Canonical SMILES
OCl[3]
Chemical formula
ClHO[4]
Conjugate base
hypochlorite ion[19]
Discoverer or inventor
Antoine-Jérôme Balard[2]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[16]
Has part(s)
hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine[13][14][15]
Mass
+51.972[17]
Subject has role
oxidizing agent[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en hypochlorous acid en Hypomide en [ClOH] en HClO en Eclorite en HOCl en hypochloric acid ar حمض الهيبوكلوروز cs kyselina chlorná cs HClO de Unterchlorige Säure de Hypochlorige Säure de HClO de HOCl el Υποχλωριώδες οξύ el Υποχλωρικό οξύ el Υπονίδιο es Ácido hipocloroso es HClO es Acido hipocloroso
🔖 Identifiers · 40
GND ID
4405010-0
OpenAlex ID
C2780908991
CAS Registry Number
7790-92-3
ChEBI ID
24757
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL1616046
ChemSpider ID
22757
CosIng number
90748
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID1016737
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID3036737
DrugBank ID
DB14135
EC number
232-232-5
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.029.302
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Elhuyar ZTH ID
007476
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
196993
Freebase ID
/m/02rxr1
Gmelin number
688
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
acid-hipocloros
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0114551
Human Metabolome Database ID
HMDB0001050
InChI
InChI=1S/ClHO/c1-2/h2H
InChIKey
QWPPOHNGKGFGJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
J-GLOBAL ID
200907073661225804
KBpedia ID
HypochlorousAcid
MeSH descriptor ID
D006997
MeSH tree code
D01.029.260.365, D01.210.465, D01.339.431.311, D01.650.550.400
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780908991
NDF-RT ID
N0000188990
NDL Authority ID
001107859
Nikkaji ID
J202.839E
PDB ligand ID
8TR
PesticideInfo chemical ID
PRI3611
Probes And Drugs ID
PD057439
PubChem CID
24341
RxNorm CUI
1483316
SureChEMBL ID
15644, 811532
UMLS CUI
C0020600
UNII
712K4CDC10
UniChem compound ID
942364
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14938165-n
ZVG number
4720

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 3
hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine
Belongs to 2
chlorine solution, electrolysed water
Conjugate base 1
hypochlorite ion
Discoverer or inventor 1
Antoine-Jérôme Balard
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Has use 1
chlorine-releasing compound
Subject has role 1
oxidizing agent
← Conjugate acid 1
hypochlorite ion
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Summary

hypochlorous acid is a type of chemical entity[1].

Related Entities

Antoine-Jérôme Balard

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 4720
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  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens
    Mass → {'amount': '+51.972'}
    Discoverer or inventor → Antoine-Jérôme Balard
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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