
Nitric Acid
Nitric acid is a nitrogen oxoacid of formula HNO3 in which the nitrogen atom is bonded to a hydroxy group and by equivalent bonds to the remaining two oxygen atoms. It has a role as a reagent and a protic solvent. It is a conjugate acid of a nitrate. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- nitric acid
- Molecular formula
- HNO3
- Molecular weight
- 63.013 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 62.995642894 Da
- XLogP3
- 0.2
- Topological polar surface area
- 66.1 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 3
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:48107
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1352
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5029685
- PubMed:19875347
- PubMed:19515062
- PubMed:19433192
- PubMed:19078840
- PubMed:18842383
- PubMed:18761313
- PubMed:18078433
- PubMed:17507140
- PubMed:17270091
- PubMed:17006750
- PubMed:16436523
- PubMed:16312887
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