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Arsenic acid

7778-39-4H3AsO4141.942 g/mol

An arsenic oxoacid comprising one oxo group and three hydroxy groups attached to a central arsenic atom. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

20A2340 · FY2008

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number7778-39-4ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaH3AsO4ChEBI ↗
Molar mass141.942 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass141.92473 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:18231ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass141.943 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass141.924728 DaPubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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arsenic acid
tetraoxoarsenic acid
DJHGAFSJWGLOIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
O=[As](O)(O)O
InChI=1S/AsH3O4/c2-1(3,4)5/h(H3,2,3,4,5)

Names & synonyms

tetraoxoarsenic acidtrihydrogen tetraoxoarsenatetrihydroxidooxidoarsenic

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

Escherichia coli metabolite

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2008 source classification
Arsenic acid · 20A2340
EndpointReported classification
ExplosivesNot applicable (aqueous solution)
Flammable gases (including chemically unstable gases)Not applicable (aqueous solution)
AerosolsNot applicable (aqueous solution)
Oxidizing gasesNot applicable (aqueous solution)
Gases under pressureNot applicable (aqueous solution)
Flammable liquidsNot classified (aqueous solution)

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00704513 mol

Uses 141.942 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
As
Arsenic · 1 atom
52.78%
O
Oxygen · 4 atoms
45.09%
H
Hydrogen · 3 atoms
2.13%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:18231

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 234 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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