Common acids

Mineral acids (inorganic acids)

• Hydrogen halides and their solutions: hydrochloric acid (HCl), hydrobromic acid (HBr), hydroiodic acid (HI)
• Halogen oxoacids: hypochlorous acid (HClO), chlorous acid (HClO₂), chloric acid (HClO₃), perchloric acid (HClO₄), and corresponding compounds for bromine and iodine
• Sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄)
• Fluorosulfuric acid (HSO₃F)
• Nitric acid (HNO₃)
• Phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄)
• Fluoroantimonic acid (HSbF₆)
• Fluoroboric acid (HBF₄)
• Hexafluorophosphoric acid (HPF₆)
• Chromic acid (H₂CrO₄)
• Boric acid (H₃BO₃)

Sulfonic acids

• Methanesulfonic acid (or mesylic acid, CH₃SO₃H)
• Ethanesulfonic acid (or esylic acid, CH₃CH₂SO₃H)
• Benzenesulfonic acid (or besylic acid, C₆H₅SO₃H)
• p-Toluenesulfonic acid (or tosylic acid, CH₃C₆H₄SO₃H)
• Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (or triflic acid, CF₃SO₃H)
• Polystyrene sulfonic acid (sulfonated polystyrene, [CH₂CH(C₆H₄)SO₃H]_n)

Carboxylic acids

• Acetic acid (CH₃COOH)
• Citric acid (C₆H₈O₇)
• Formic acid (HCOOH)
• Gluconic acid HOCH₂-(CHOH)₄-COOH
• Lactic acid (CH₃-CHOH-COOH)
• Oxalic acid (HOOC-COOH)
• Tartaric acid (HOOC-CHOH-CHOH-COOH)

Vinylogous carboxylic acids

• Ascorbic acid
• Meldrum's acid

Nucleic acids

• Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
• Ribonucleic acid (RNA)