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hypochlorite ion
Sign in to saveIn chemistry, hypochlorite, or chloroxide, is an oxyanion with the chemical formula ClO−. It combines with a number of cations to form hypochlorite salts. Common examples include sodium hypochlorite (household bleach) and calcium hypochlorite (a component of bleaching powder, swimming pool "chlorine"). The Cl–O distance in ClO− is 1.69 Å.
Chemical data
- Formula
- ClO-
- Molecular weight
- 51.45 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hypochlorite
- SMILES
- [O-]Cl
- InChIKey
- WQYVRQLZKVEZGA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.2
- Polar surface area
- 23.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- -1
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Reactions
- Acid reaction
- Stability
- Reactions with ammonia
- Preparation
- Hypochlorite salts
- Organic hypochlorites
- Biochemistry
- Biosynthesis of organochlorine compounds
- Immune response
- Industrial and domestic uses
- Laboratory uses
- As oxidizing agents
- As chlorinating agents
- Related oxyanions
- See also
- References
In chemistry, hypochlorite, or chloroxide, is an oxyanion with the chemical formula ClO−. It combines with a number of cations to form hypochlorite salts. Common examples include sodium hypochlorite (household bleach) and calcium hypochlorite (a component of bleaching powder, swimming pool "chlorine"). The Cl–O distance in ClO− is 1.69 Å.
The name can also refer to esters of hypochlorous acid, namely organic compounds with a ClO– group covalently bound to the rest of the molecule. The principal example is tert-butyl hypochlorite, which is a useful chlorinating agent.
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