Molecule
Name
Hydrogen chloride
IUPAC name
Hydrogen chloride
Secondary names
Hydrochloric acid gas, Hydrochloride, HCl
InChI
InChI=1S/ClH/h1H
InChI key
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number
7647-01-0
Formula
$HCl$
Chemical formula
HCl
Structural formula
[H-Cl]
Charge
0
Unpaired electrons
0
  Atom Name Number
$H$ Hydrogen 1
$Cl$ Chlorine 1
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
Spin type
unique
Molar mass
36.461 $g/mol$
State STP
gas
State NTP
gas
Protic
protic
Polarity
polar
Dipole
1.1086 $D$
Molecule symmetry
Cinfv
Case
diatomic
Vibrations number
1
Vibrations
Label Mode Bond Symmetry Degeneracy Fundamental frequency Observed frequency Observed frequency Harmonic frequency Activity IR Activity Raman Strength Comments
V stretching $H-Cl$ $\Sigma+$ no 2886.1 2990.9 active active for $H^{35}Cl$
Comments
Data from NIST CCCBDB.
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$H-Cl$ 1