Based on this, your input SD file does not describe the deprotonated form.
You should take a look at the spec for SDF regarding charged atoms and
check your file against it.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2021, 13:28 David van der Spoel, <david.vandersp...@icm.uu.se>
wrote:

> On 2021-04-25 14:09, Peter Jarowski wrote:
> > Hi David:
> >
> > I would suggest you avoid inchi entirely for this as it has its own
> > rules regarding canonical protonation state and connectivity (tautomer).
> >
> > Stick with SMILES. There is no benefit to inchi unless you are
> > concerned with clashing because you have a very large database.
> >
> > SMILES will represent your molecule as you want, you can use explicite
> > hydrogens if you need to as well.
> Thanks for the suggestion, but:
>
> % obabel -osmi -isdf perfluorotridecanoic-acid.sdf
>
> FC(F)(C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(=O)O
> 3018355
>
> % obabel -osmi -isdf perfluorotridecanoate.sdf
>
> FC(F)(C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(=O)O
>
>
> Identical. With the -xt h flag I get no string whatsoever.
> % obabel -osmi -xt h -isdf perfluorotridecanoic-acid.sdf
> 3018355
>
> If I drop the smiles string for the charged compound into Pubchem I get
> the acid back, so there is still information missing.
>
> Maybe I'm still doing something wrong. The position of the hydrogens is
> crucial because the identifiers are coupled to quantum chemistry
> calculations.
>
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 at 12:52, David van der Spoel
> > <david.vandersp...@icm.uu.se <mailto:david.vandersp...@icm.uu.se>>
> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     I would like to generate an Inchi fro my compound but without adding
> >     hydrogens. Is there a flag for that?
> >
> >     Here is an example for an acid and its deprotonated form that
> >     yields the
> >     same InChi:
> >     % obabel -oinchi -isdf perfluorotridecanoic-acid.sdf
> >
>  
> InChI=1S/C13HF25O2/c14-2(15,1(39)40)3(16,17)4(18,19)5(20,21)6(22,23)7(24,25)8(26,27)9(28,29)10(30,31)11(32,33)12(34,35)13(36,37)38/h(H,39,40)
> >     % obabel -oinchi -isdf perfluorotridecanoate.sdf
> >
>  
> InChI=1S/C13HF25O2/c14-2(15,1(39)40)3(16,17)4(18,19)5(20,21)6(22,23)7(24,25)8(26,27)9(28,29)10(30,31)11(32,33)12(34,35)13(36,37)38/h(H,39,40)
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