Hypochlorous acid
ClHO52.46 g/mol Calculated
Also called Hypomide, HClO, HOCl and hypochloric acid.
The molecule that actually does the work when bleach disinfects, and the same one your white blood cells make to kill bacteria. It is sold as a wound spray.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Other namesfrom sourceWikidataIts English label and aliases on Wikidata.
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
- 3D modelfrom sourcePubChem 3D conformerLoaded after the page has painted, and on a phone only when you ask for it; the 2D drawing shows until it arrives.
Properties and sources
Calculated by PubChem
- Molecular formula
- ClHO
- Molecular weight
- 52.46 g/mol
- XLogP3octanol/water, log units
- 0.3
- Polar surface areatopological
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Rotatable bonds
- 0
- Complexity
- 2
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Everyday chemistry
- Family
- Inorganic compounds
- Chemical groups
- Halogenated
- Elements
- Chlorine
- Size
- Under 100 g/mol
SMILES
OClPubChem CID 24341 · Wikidata Q407318 · InChIKey QWPPOHNGKGFGJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed
Questions
- What is Hypochlorous acid?
- The molecule that actually does the work when bleach disinfects, and the same one your white blood cells make to kill bacteria. It is sold as a wound spray.
- What kind of molecule is Hypochlorous acid?
- Hypochlorous acid has the formula ClHO and a molecular weight of 52.46 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under inorganic compounds, in the everyday chemistry group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom source
- What else is Hypochlorous acid called?
- Hypochlorous acid is also called Hypomide, HClO, HOCl and hypochloric acid. from source
Sources and notes
- Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09