Sodium formate

• Catalog No.: A17813
• CAS Number: 141-53-7
• M. F.: CHNaO2
• M. W.: 68.00721
• Purity: 98%

SYNONYMS

• Title: 甲酸钠
• IUPAC name: sodium formate
• IUPAC Traditional name: sodium formate
• Synonyms: Formic Acid sodium salt

DATABASE IDS

• EC Number: 205-488-0
• CAS Number: 141-53-7
• MDL Number: MFCD00013101
• Merck Index: 148621
• Beilstein Number: 3595134

PROPERTIES

• Purity: 98%
• Density: 1.92
• Melting Point: 259-262°C
• RTECS: LR0350000
• Storage Warning: Hygroscopic
• TSCA Listed: 是

REFERENCES

• Under phase-transfer conditions converts primary alkyl chlorides to alcohols via the formate esters: Synthesis, 763 (1986).
• Converts Grignard reagents to aldehydes in excellent yields: Tetrahedron Lett., 25, 1843 (1984). Lithium formate may also be used.
• Reaction with acetyl chloride gives the useful formylating agent, formic acetic anhydride. For details, including isolation by distillation, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 8 (1988); review: Tetrahedron, 46, 1081 (1990).
• Reduces amine oxides to amines under mild conditions: Chem. Lett., 1517 (1985).
• Can be used as a hydrogen donor in catalytic transfer hydrogenation reactions. More active hydrogen donor than formic acid in hydrogenolysis of aryl chlorides. For a comparative mechanistic study of formic acid and formate salts in this reaction, see: J. Org. Chem., 60, 1347 (1995). See also Ammonium formate, A10699.