vitamin C

water-soluble vitamin and antioxidant essential for collagen synthesis, immune function, and skin brightening

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A skeletal formula: each corner and end of a line is a carbon atom, and the hydrogens bonded to carbon are left unwritten. A wedge points out of the page, and a hashed bond into it.

Formula: C₆H₈O₆; Wikidata
Molar mass The mass of a mole of it, from the elements' atomic weights: 176.12 g/mol; Worked out
Made of Atoms in one formula unit, and each element's share of the mass: Carbon 6 40.9%
Hydrogen 8 4.58%
Oxygen 6 54.5%
20 atoms in all; Worked out
Other names: Ascoltin, Cebione, Cecon, Cenolate, Cetane, Cetane-Caps TC, Cevalin, Cevex, L-ascorbic acid, OVC307, ascorbate and ascorbic acid; Wikidata
Same formula Other compounds made of the same atoms: DL-ascorbic acid, erythorbic acid, glucuronolactone, propane tricarboxylic acid, triformin; Wikidata
CAS Registry Number: 50-81-7; Wikidata
PubChem: CID 54670067; Wikidata
InChIKey: CIWBSHSKHKDKBQ-JLAZNSOCSA-N; Wikidata
SMILES: OC[C@H](O)[C@H]1OC(=O)C(O)=C1O; Wikidata
Wikidata item: Q199678; Wikidata