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Also known as methanoic acid, methoic acid, HCOOH, H-COOH, HCO2H, hydrogen carboxylic acid, aminic acid, formylic acid

chemical compound

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Formic acid is a simple organic chemical compound that occurs naturally in ant venom and some plants, and can also be produced synthetically. It has practical uses in industry, such as in the production of leather and textiles, and in laboratory and manufacturing processes.

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Chemical data

Formula
CH2O2
Molecular weight
46.025 g/mol
IUPAC name
formic acid
SMILES
C(=O)O
InChIKey
BDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
-0.2
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
2
Formal charge
0

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Encyclopedic overview

Names

Preferred IUPAC name Formic acid

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “formic acid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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