nitric acid (CHEBI:48107)

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ChEBI Name	nitric acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:48107

Definition	A nitrogen oxoacid of formula HNO₃ in which the nitrogen atom is bonded to a hydroxy group and by equivalent bonds to the remaining two oxygen atoms.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:7580, CHEBI:25545

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Formulae

HNO3
HNO3

Net Charge

Average Mass

63.01280

Monoisotopic Mass

62.99564

InChI

InChI=1S/HNO3/c2-1(3)4/h(H,2,3,4)

InChIKey

GRYLNZFGIOXLOG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

O[N+]([O-])=O

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	protic solvent A polar solvent that is capable of acting as a hydron (proton) donor. inorganic acid A Bronsted acid derived from one or more inorganic compounds. Inorganic acids (also known as mineral acids) form hydrons and conjugate base ions when dissolved in water. (via pnictogen oxoacid ) Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid )

Application(s):	protic solvent A polar solvent that is capable of acting as a hydron (proton) donor. reagent A substance used in a chemical reaction to detect, measure, examine, or produce other substances.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	nitric acid (CHEBI:48107) has role protic solvent (CHEBI:48356) nitric acid (CHEBI:48107) has role reagent (CHEBI:33893) nitric acid (CHEBI:48107) is a nitrogen oxoacid (CHEBI:33455) nitric acid (CHEBI:48107) is conjugate acid of nitrate (CHEBI:17632)

Incoming	nitrates (CHEBI:51081) has functional parent nitric acid (CHEBI:48107) nitrate (CHEBI:17632) is conjugate base of nitric acid (CHEBI:48107) nitrooxy group (CHEBI:29794) is substituent group from nitric acid (CHEBI:48107)

IUPAC Names

hydrogen trioxonitrate(1−)

hydroxidodioxidonitrogen

trioxonitric acid

Last Modified

26 November 2013