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Chemical data
- Formula
- ClHO2
- Molecular weight
- 68.46 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- chlorous acid
- SMILES
- OCl=O
- InChIKey
- QBWCMBCROVPCKQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.4
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 67.967
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- Commons category
- Chlorous acid
- chemical formula
- ClHO₂
- canonical SMILES
- OCl=O
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Chlorous acid is an inorganic compound with the formula HClO2. It is a pale-yellow weak acid. Chlorine has oxidation state +3 in this acid. The pure substance is unstable, disproportionating to hypochlorous acid (Cl oxidation state +1) and chloric acid (Cl oxidation state +5):
2 HClO2 → HClO + HClO3
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