arsenous acid
Also known as arsorous acid, arsenic trihydroxide, trihydroxyarsenite(III)
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- AsH3O3
- Molecular weight
- 125.944 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- arsorous acid
- SMILES
- O[As](O)O
- InChIKey
- GCPXMJHSNVMWNM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 60.7 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 3
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Arsenous acid (or arsorous acid) is the inorganic compound with the formula H3AsO3, more descriptively written as As(OH)3. It is an acid known to occur in aqueous solutions. It has not been isolated as a pure material, although this fact does not detract from its significance.
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