Potassium Hydroxide

CAS 1310-58-3  ·  KOH  ·  MW 56.106 g/mol

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About Potassium Hydroxide

Potassium Hydroxide is a chemical compound registered under number CAS 1310-58-3, with the molecular formula KOH, and a molar mass of 56.106 g/mol.

The molecule contains 3 atoms connected by 2 chemical bonds. The full systematic IUPAC name of this compound is potassium hydroxide. 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 = 1 Ų, 1 donors and 1 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 interactive 3D model and the viewer images are protected by copyright (© MolGod.org) — terms of use: molgod.org/copyright/.

Physicochemical properties
Molecular formulaKOH
Molar mass56.106 g/mol
IUPACpotassium hydroxide
SMILES[OH-].[K+]
InChIKeyKWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M
logP (XLogP3)—
PSA1 Ų
HBD / HBA1 / 1
PubChem CIDCID 14797 ↗
GHS safety

Signal word: Danger

GHS05
GHS05
GHS07
GHS07

H302 — Harmful if swallowed

H314 — Causes severe skin burns and eye damage

Scientific literature

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Synonyms
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE · 1310-58-3 · Caustic potash · Potash lye · Potassium hydrate · Hydroxyde de potassium · Potassa · Potasse caustique · Caustic-potash · Kali causticum · Caswell No. 693 · Cyantek CC 723 · Potassium hydroxide (K(OH)) · Kaliumhydroxid · CCRIS 6569
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ILLUSTRATIVE FRAGMENT ARRANGEMENT — relative positions are not structural data

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, MMFF94 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.

This substance consists of 2 separate components (for example ions). Each component was computed separately; they are arranged radially around a layout anchor for visualisation only (at least 3.0 Å apart). Their relative positions are not a crystal structure, coordination geometry, ionic contacts or any experimentally determined arrangement.

Methods and references
  1. RDKit: Open-source cheminformatics, version 2026.03.6. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22140358 (all versions: doi:10.5281/zenodo.591637)
  2. Riniker S, Landrum GA. Better Informed Distance Geometry: Using What We Know To Improve Conformation Generation. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2015, 55, 2562-2574. doi:10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00654
  3. Wang S, Witek J, Landrum GA, Riniker S. Improving Conformer Generation for Small Rings and Macrocycles Based on Distance Geometry and Experimental Torsional-Angle Preferences. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2020, 60, 2044-2058. doi:10.1021/acs.jcim.0c00025
  4. Halgren TA. Merck molecular force field. I. Basis, form, scope, parameterization, and performance of MMFF94. J. Comput. Chem. 1996, 17, 490-519. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-987X(199604)17:5/6<490::AID-JCC1>3.0.CO;2-P
  5. Tosco P, Stiefl N, Landrum G. Bringing the MMFF force field to the RDKit: implementation and validation. J. Cheminform. 2014, 6, 37. doi:10.1186/s13321-014-0037-3
  6. Heller SR, McNaught A, Pletnev I, Stein S, Tchekhovskoi D. InChI, the IUPAC International Chemical Identifier. J. Cheminform. 2015, 7, 23. doi:10.1186/s13321-015-0068-4
  7. Kim S, Chen J, Cheng T, et al. PubChem 2025 update. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025, 53, D1516-D1525. doi:10.1093/nar/gkae1059 Compound record: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/14797
  8. 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)

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