CHEBI:24757 - hypochlorous acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:24757
ChEBI Namehypochlorous acid
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DefinitionA chlorine oxoacid with formula HOCl; a weak, unstable acid, it is the active form of chlorine in water.
Last Modified31 March 2014
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FormulaHClO
Net Charge0
Average Mass52.460
Monoisotopic Mass51.97159
SMILESOCl
InChIInChI=1S/ClHO/c1-2/h2H
InChIKeyQWPPOHNGKGFGJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
Roles Classification
Chemical Roles:
inorganic acid  A Brønsted 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.
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Roles:
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
EC 2.5.1.18 (glutathione transferase) inhibitor  An EC 2.5.1.* (non-methyl-alkyl or aryl transferase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of a glutathione transferase (EC 2.5.1.18).
EC 3.1.1.7 (acetylcholinesterase) inhibitor  An EC 3.1.1.* (carboxylic ester hydrolase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of enzyme acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7), which helps breaking down of acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
hypochlorous acid (CHEBI:24757) has role EC 2.5.1.18 (glutathione transferase) inhibitor (CHEBI:76797)
hypochlorous acid (CHEBI:24757) has role EC 3.1.1.7 (acetylcholinesterase) inhibitor (CHEBI:38462)
hypochlorous acid (CHEBI:24757) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
hypochlorous acid (CHEBI:24757) is a chlorine oxoacid (CHEBI:33426)
hypochlorous acid (CHEBI:24757) is a reactive oxygen species (CHEBI:26523)
hypochlorous acid (CHEBI:24757) is conjugate acid of hypochlorite (CHEBI:29222)
Incoming Relation(s)
hypochlorite (CHEBI:29222) is conjugate base of hypochlorous acid (CHEBI:24757)
chlorooxy group (CHEBI:29879) is substituent group from hypochlorous acid (CHEBI:24757)
IUPAC Names 
chloranol
hydroxidochlorine
hypochlorous acid
Synonyms  Source
Chlor(I)-säureChEBI
[ClOH]IUPAC
HClOIUPAC
HOClIUPAC
hypochloric acidChEBI
hypochlorige SäureChEBI
UniProt Name  Source
hypochlorous acidUniProt
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:688Gmelin
CAS:7790-92-3NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:7790-92-3ChemIDplus
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