diff --git a/MDANSE/Src/MDANSE/Chemistry/ChemicalEntity.py b/MDANSE/Src/MDANSE/Chemistry/ChemicalEntity.py
index f8e4c966da..808f959c1a 100644
--- a/MDANSE/Src/MDANSE/Chemistry/ChemicalEntity.py
+++ b/MDANSE/Src/MDANSE/Chemistry/ChemicalEntity.py
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
-
 import abc
 from ast import literal_eval
 import collections
 import copy
 from typing import Union, TYPE_CHECKING, List, Tuple
-
 import h5py
 import numpy as np
+from rdkit import Chem
 from numpy.typing import NDArray
-
 from MDANSE.Chemistry import (
     ATOMS_DATABASE,
     MOLECULES_DATABASE,
@@ -2429,14 +2427,16 @@ def __init__(self, name: str = ""):
 
         self._atoms = None
 
+        self.rdkit_mol = Chem.RWMol()
+
     def __repr__(self):
-        contents = ", ".join(
-            [
-                f'{key[1:] if key[0] == "_" else key}={repr(value)}'
-                for key, value in self.__dict__.items()
-            ]
-        )
+        contents = []
+        for key, value in self.__dict__.items():
+            if key == "rdkit_mol":
+                continue
+            contents.append(f'{key[1:] if key[0] == "_" else key}={repr(value)}')
 
+        contents = ", ".join(contents)
         return f"MDANSE.MolecularDynamics.ChemicalEntity.ChemicalSystem({contents})"
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -2458,6 +2458,17 @@ def add_chemical_entity(self, chemical_entity: _ChemicalEntity) -> None:
             at.index = self._number_of_atoms
             self._number_of_atoms += 1
 
+            # add the atoms to the rdkit molecule, ghost atoms are
+            # never added to the rdkit molecule object
+            atm_num = ATOMS_DATABASE[at.symbol]['atomic_number']
+            rdkit_atm = Chem.Atom(atm_num)
+
+            # makes sure that rdkit doesn't add extra hydrogens
+            rdkit_atm.SetNumExplicitHs(0)
+            rdkit_atm.SetNoImplicit(True)
+
+            self.rdkit_mol.AddAtom(rdkit_atm)
+
         self._total_number_of_atoms += chemical_entity.total_number_of_atoms
 
         chemical_entity.parent = self
@@ -2467,13 +2478,32 @@ def add_chemical_entity(self, chemical_entity: _ChemicalEntity) -> None:
         if hasattr(chemical_entity, "_bonds") and hasattr(chemical_entity, "index"):
             for bond in chemical_entity._bonds:
                 number_bond = [chemical_entity.index, bond.index]
-                if not number_bond in self._bonds:
+                if number_bond not in self._bonds:
                     self._bonds.append(number_bond)
 
+        # add the bonds between the rdkit atoms
+        bonds_added = []
+        for at_i in chemical_entity.atom_list:
+            i = at_i.index
+            for at_j in at_i.bonds:
+                j = at_j.index
+                bond_idxs = sorted([i, j])
+                if bond_idxs not in bonds_added:
+                    # there is currently no bonding information in
+                    # MDANSE, we will have to default to the single
+                    # bond setting.
+                    single = Chem.rdchem.BondType.SINGLE
+                    self.rdkit_mol.AddBond(i, j, single)
+                    bonds_added.append(bond_idxs)
+
         self._configuration = None
 
         self._atoms = None
 
+    @property
+    def inchi(self):
+        return Chem.MolToInchi(self.rdkit_mol, options="/DoNotAddH")
+
     @property
     def atom_list(self) -> list[Atom]:
         """List of all non-ghost atoms in the ChemicalSystem."""
@@ -2547,12 +2577,12 @@ def copy(self) -> "ChemicalSystem":
 
         return cs
 
-    def rebuild(self, cluster_list: List[Tuple(int)]):
+    def rebuild(self, cluster_list: List[Tuple[int]]):
         """
         Copies the instance of ChemicalSystem into a new, identical instance.
 
         :param cluster_list: list of tuples of atom indices, one per cluster
-        :type List[Tuple(int)]: each element is a tuple of atom indices (int)
+        :type List[Tuple[int]]: each element is a tuple of atom indices (int)
         """
 
         atom_names_before = [atom.name for atom in self.atoms]
diff --git a/MDANSE/Tests/UnitTests/test_chemical_entity.py b/MDANSE/Tests/UnitTests/test_chemical_entity.py
index 75c9001f95..0d617d7e89 100644
--- a/MDANSE/Tests/UnitTests/test_chemical_entity.py
+++ b/MDANSE/Tests/UnitTests/test_chemical_entity.py
@@ -2567,6 +2567,36 @@ def test_serialize(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual([("molecules", "0")], file["/chemical_system"]["contents"])
 
+    def test_hydrogen_atom_chemical_entity_has_correct_inchi(self):
+        cluster = ce.AtomCluster("name", [ce.Atom(ghost=False)])
+        self.system.add_chemical_entity(cluster)
+        self.assertEqual("InChI=1S/H", self.system.inchi)
+
+    def test_two_hydrogen_atom_chemical_entity_has_correct_inchi(self):
+        cluster = ce.AtomCluster("name", [ce.Atom(ghost=False), ce.Atom(ghost=False)])
+        self.system.add_chemical_entity(cluster)
+        self.assertEqual("InChI=1S/2H", self.system.inchi)
+
+    def test_WAT_chemical_entity_has_correct_inchi(self):
+        molecule = ce.Molecule("WAT", "name")
+        self.system.add_chemical_entity(molecule)
+        self.assertEqual("InChI=1S/H2O/h1H2", self.system.inchi)
+
+    def test_hydrogen_system_load_has_correct_inchi(self):
+        file = StubHDFFile()
+        file["/chemical_system"] = StubHDFFile()
+        file["/chemical_system"].attrs["name"] = "new"
+
+        file["/chemical_system/contents"] = [
+            ("atoms".encode(encoding="UTF-8", errors="strict"), 0)
+        ]
+        file["/chemical_system"]["atoms"] = [
+            [repr("H").encode("UTF-8"), repr("H1").encode("UTF-8"), b"0", b"False"]
+        ]
+        self.system.load(file)
+
+        self.assertEqual("InChI=1S/H", self.system.inchi)
+
 
 class DummyConfiguration:
     def __init__(self, system: ce.ChemicalSystem):