Phosphinic acid
A phosphorus oxoacid that consists of a single pentavalent phosphorus covalently bound via single bonds to two hydrogens and a hydroxy group and via a double bond to an oxygen. The parent of the class of phosphinic acids. — ChEBI
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Identity & molecular properties
Source-linked values| CAS number | 6303-21-5 | ChEBI ↗ |
| Molecular formula | H3O2P | ChEBI ↗ |
| Molar mass | 65.996 g/mol | ChEBI ↗ |
| Monoisotopic mass | 65.98707 Da | ChEBI ↗ |
| Formal charge | 0 | ChEBI ↗ |
| ChEBI identifier | CHEBI:29031 | ChEBI ↗ |
Cross-source molecular data
PubChem| Molar mass | 65.996 g/mol | PubChem ↗ |
| Exact mass | 65.98706633 Da | PubChem ↗ |
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Names & structural identifiers
Copy any identifierphosphinic aciddihydridodioxophosphoric acidACVYVLVWPXVTIT-UHFFFAOYSA-N[H]OP([H])([H])=OInChI=1S/H3O2P/c1-3-2/h3H2,(H,1,2)Names & synonyms
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Classification & relationships
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Mass ↔ amount of substance
Calculated from sourced massUses 65.996 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.
Elemental composition
Theoretical mass fractionsOPHCalculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.
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Checked 27 Sep 2026Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0
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