InChIKey¶
Non-Scalar Structural
The International Chemical Identifier Key (InChIKey) of a material is derived from the InChI. It is a 27 character non-human readable condensed digital representation of the InChI, also known as a hash.1
Notation¶
The InChIKey is a 14-8-1 character string. The first 14 characters represent the connectivity and charge information. The next 8 character represent the remaining sublayer information. The final character represents the kind of InChIKey being generated, including the version of InChI used.
The 14-8-1 Character string is represented as follows:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-YYYYYYYYFV-P
Examples¶
Methane (CH4)2¶
InChIKey: VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
H 0.5288 0.1610 0.9359
C 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
H 0.2051 0.8240 -0.6786
H 0.3345 -0.9314 -0.4496
H -1.0685 -0.0537 0.1921
Water (H2O)3¶
InChIKey: XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
H 0.7493682 0.0000000 0.4424329
O 0.0000000 0.0000000 -0.1653507
H -0.7493682 0.0000000 0.4424329
Schema¶
The JSON schema and an example representation for this property can be found here.