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Formic acid

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ACS reagent, ≥88%

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Linear Formula:
HCOOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
46.03
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1209246
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

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grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

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 %

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Catalysis
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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

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

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

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Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

118.4 °F

flash_point_c

48 °C


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Pd-Cu/C electrocatalysts synthesized by one-pot polyol reduction toward formic acid oxidation: Structural characterization and electrocatalytic performance.
Wang L, et al.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40(4), 1726-1734 (2015)
Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrocarboxylation of Alkynes with Formic Acid.
Hou J, et al.
Angewandte Chemie (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 127(21), 6400-6403 (2015)
Modification of Pd for formic acid decomposition by support grafted functional groups.
Jones S, et al.
Catalysis, Structure & Reactivity, 1(1), 19-24 (2015)
T Kitamoto et al.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 57(2), 230-236 (1987-08-01)
The purpose of this study was to design a method by which immunoperoxidase staining can be applied to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections to demonstrate amyloid deposits in cerebral and systemic amyloidotic tissues. We used anti-prion protein, anti-beta-protein, anti-amyloid A, and
Carbon dioxide as a raw material: the synthesis of formic acid and its derivatives from CO2.
Leitner W.
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 34(20), 2207-2221 (1995)

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