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Hydrogen chloride

7647-01-0HCl36.461 g/mol

A mononuclear parent hydride consisting of covalently bonded hydrogen and chlorine atoms. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

2 indexed references
US · NIOSH

Occupational chemical safety guide

Hydrogen chloride

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JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

R06-C-102-JNIOSH, MOE · FY2024

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number7647-01-0ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaHClChEBI ↗
Molar mass36.461 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass35.97668 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:17883ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass36.46 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass35.9766777 DaPubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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hydrogen chloride
chlorane
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
[H]Cl
InChI=1S/ClH/h1H

Names & synonyms

chloranechloridohydrogen

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

mouse metabolite

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2024 source classification
Hydrochloric acid · R06-C-102-JNIOSH, MOE
EndpointReported classification
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Acute)Category 1

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0274266 mol

Uses 36.461 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
Cl
Chlorine · 1 atom
97.24%
H
Hydrogen · 1 atom
2.76%

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Research & patent references

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:17883

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 313 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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