Citric acid
A tricarboxylic acid that is propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid bearing a hydroxy substituent at position 2. It is an important metabolite in the pathway of all aerobic organisms. — ChEBI
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Identity & molecular properties
Source-linked values| CAS number | 77-92-9 | ChEBI ↗ |
| Molecular formula | C6H8O7 | ChEBI ↗ |
| Molar mass | 192.123 g/mol | ChEBI ↗ |
| Monoisotopic mass | 192.027 Da | ChEBI ↗ |
| Formal charge | 0 | ChEBI ↗ |
| ChEBI identifier | CHEBI:30769 | ChEBI ↗ |
Cross-source molecular data
PubChem| Molar mass | 192.12 g/mol | PubChem ↗ |
| Exact mass | 192.02700259 Da | PubChem ↗ |
| Computed XLogP | -1.7 | PubChem ↗ |
| Topological polar surface area (Ų) | 132 | PubChem ↗ |
| H-bond donors | 4 | PubChem ↗ |
| H-bond acceptors | 7 | PubChem ↗ |
| Rotatable bonds | 5 | PubChem ↗ |
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Names & structural identifiers
Copy any identifiercitric acid2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acidKRKNYBCHXYNGOX-UHFFFAOYSA-NO=C(O)CC(O)(CC(=O)O)C(=O)OInChI=1S/C6H8O7/c7-3(8)1-6(13,5(11)12)2-4(9)10/h13H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12)Names & synonyms
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Classification & relationships
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Mass ↔ amount of substance
Calculated from sourced massUses 192.123 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.
Elemental composition
Theoretical mass fractionsOCHCalculated 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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