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:
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).
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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.
Application:
antiinfective agent  A substance used in the prophylaxis or therapy of infectious diseases.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
hypochlorous acid (CHEBI:24757) has role antiinfective agent (CHEBI:35441)
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
ComfosyChEMBL
Epicyn hydrogelChEMBL
HClOIUPAC
HOClIUPAC
UniProt Name  Source
hypochlorous acidUniProt
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:688Gmelin
CAS:7790-92-3NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:7790-92-3ChemIDplus
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