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Formic acid

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ACS reagent, ≥88%

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Linear Formula:
HCOOH
CAS Number:
64-18-6
Molecular Weight:
46.03
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329755919
EC Number:
200-579-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1209246
MDL number:
MFCD00003297
Assay:
≥88%
Form:
liquid
Grade:
ACS reagent

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InChI key

BDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/CH2O2/c2-1-3/h1H,(H,2,3)

SMILES string

OC=O

grade

ACS reagent

vapor density

1.6 (vs air)

vapor pressure

44.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)

description

dilution test passes test

assay

≥88%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

1004 °F

expl. lim.

57 %

Quality Level

200

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impurities

≤0.4% Acetic acid

evapn. residue

≤0.002%

color

APHA: ≤15

refractive index

n20/D 1.370 (lit.)

pH

2.2 (20 °C, 2.2 g/L)

bp

100-101 °C (lit.)

mp

8.2-8.4 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: miscible

density

1.22 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.001%, sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.002%, sulfite (SO32-): passes test

cation traces

Fe: ≤5 ppm, NH4+: ≤0.005%, heavy metals: ≤5 ppm (by ICP)

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Aligned

storage temp.

room temp

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Application

Reductant used in iron-catalyzed, greener reduction of aldehydes to alcohols .

Fast and selective iron-catalyzed transfer hydrogenations of aldehydes

pictograms

Skull and crossbonesCorrosion
GHS06,GHS05

signalword

Danger

supp_hazards

EUH071

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

flash_point_f

141.8 °F

flash_point_c

61 °C

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Direct formic acid fuel cells on Pd catalysts supported on hybrid TiO2-C materials.
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Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental, 163, 167-178 (2015)
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Advances in Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells: Fabrication of Efficient Ir/Pd Nanocatalysts for Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation.
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International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 10, 3282-3290 (2015)
Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrocarboxylation of Alkynes with Formic Acid.
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