Silica is a chemical compound registered under number CAS 112926-00-8, with the molecular formula O2Si, and a molar mass of 60.084 g/mol.
The molecule contains 3 atoms connected by 2 chemical bonds. The full systematic IUPAC name of this compound is dioxosilane. The interactive 3D model above lets you view the spatial arrangement of the atoms — you can rotate it with the mouse, zoom with the scroll wheel, and switch between skeletal / Ball & Stick / Space Fill visualization modes.
In terms of physicochemical properties, polar surface area PSA = 34.1 Ų, 0 donors and 2 hydrogen bond acceptors. These parameters are key when assessing bioavailability and interaction with biomolecules.
Chemical data for this compound comes from PubChem (NIH NLM NCBI), one of the world's largest chemical databases. All information is updated automatically and enriched with GHS hazard statement translations compliant with the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008). The widget above may be used for educational, research and commercial purposes.
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PREDICTED MODEL — NOT VERIFIED computed by MolGod Scientific · experimental feature (beta) · may contain errors
No source 3-D conformer was available to MolGod for this substance. MolGod Scientific computed this geometry from the structural formula with RDKit 2026.03.6 (ETKDGv3 conformer generation, UFF force-field optimisation; lowest-energy converged conformer of a fixed-seed set). It is not a measured structure, it does not come from PubChem, and it has not been compared with experimental data. It shows one possible conformation.
Methods and references
RDKit: Open-source cheminformatics, version 2026.03.6. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22140358 (all versions: doi:10.5281/zenodo.591637)
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Bolton EE, Kim S, Bryant SH. PubChem3D: Conformer generation. J. Cheminform. 2011, 3, 4. doi:10.1186/1758-2946-3-4 (cited for contrast: no source 3-D conformer was available to MolGod for this record)
