
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon monoxide is a one-carbon compound in which the carbon is joined only to a single oxygen. It is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, toxic gas. It has a role as a metabolite, a mitochondrial respiratory-chain inhibitor, a neurotransmitter, a vasodilator agent, an EC 1.9.3.1 (cytochrome c oxidase) inhibitor, a P450 inhibitor, a probe, a neurotoxin, a ligand, a biomarker, a signalling molecule, a mouse metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a gas molecular entity, a carbon oxide and a one-carbon compound. It is a conjugate base of a carbon monoxide(1+). — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- carbon monoxide
- Molecular formula
- CO
- Molecular weight
- 28.010 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 27.994914619 Da
- XLogP3
- 0.7
- Topological polar surface area
- 1.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:17245
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1231840
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5027273
- PubMed:41205789
- PubMed:39504919
- PubMed:37860845
- PubMed:37141245
- PubMed:36481359
- PubMed:36272593
- PubMed:35999615
- PubMed:35287715
- PubMed:34774656
- PubMed:34533065
- PubMed:34032369
- PubMed:33603036
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