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In chemistry, hydrogen halides (hydrohalic acids when in the aqueous phase) are diatomic, inorganic compounds that function as Arrhenius acids. The formula is HX where X is one of the halogens: fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine, or tennessine.[1] All known hydrogen halides are gases at standard temperature and pressure.[2]
Compound | Chemical formula | Bond length d(H−X) / pm (gas phase) |
model | Dipole μ / D |
Aqueous phase (acid) | Aqueous Phase pKa values |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hydrogen fluoride (fluorane) |
HF | 1.86 | hydrofluoric acid | 3.1 | ||
hydrogen chloride (chlorane) |
HCl | 1.11 | hydrochloric acid | -3.9 | ||
hydrogen bromide (bromane) |
HBr | 0.788 | hydrobromic acid | -5.8 | ||
hydrogen iodide (iodane) |
HI | 0.382 | hydroiodic acid | -10.4 [3] | ||
hydrogen astatide astatine hydride (astatane) |
HAt | −0.06 | hydroastatic acid | ? | ||
hydrogen tennesside tennessine hydride (tennessane) |
HTs | −0.24 ? | hydrotennessic acid | ? [4] |