PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | 119-121 °C (lit.) |
| Boiling point: | 103.28°C (rough estimate) |
| Density | 1.26 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| vapor pressure | 0.033Pa at 25℃ |
| refractive index | 1.4164 (estimate) |
| Flash point: | 104℃ |
| storage temp. | Inert atmosphere,Room Temperature |
| solubility | H2O: 10 M at 20 °C, clear, colorless |
| form | Solid |
| color | White |
| PH | 6.53(1 mM solution);6.5(10 mM solution);6.49(100 mM solution);6.45(1000 mM solution) |
| Odor | Slight formic acid odour |
| PH Range | 6 - 7 |
| Water Solubility | soluble |
| Sensitive | Hygroscopic |
| λmax | λ: 260 nm Amax: 0.05 λ: 280 nm Amax: 0.04 |
| Merck | 14,523 |
| BRN | 3625095 |
| Stability: | Stable. Hygroscopic. Incompatible with strong acids, strong oxidizing agents. |
| InChIKey | VZTDIZULWFCMLS-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| LogP | -3.34 at 25℃ |
Description and Uses
Ammonium formate, NH4HCO2, is the ammonium salt of formic acid. It is a colorless, hygroscopic, crystalline solid.
Pure ammonium formate decomposes into formamide and water when heated, and this is its primary use in industry. Formic acid can also be obtained by reacting ammonium formate with a dilute acid, and since ammonium formate is also produced from formic acid, it can serve as a way of storing formic acid.
Ammonium formate can also be used in palladium on carbon (Pd / C) reduction of functional groups. In the presence of Pd / C, ammonium formate decomposes to hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and ammonia.
Ammonium formate can be used for reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones (Leuckart reaction)
Ammonium formate can be used as a buffer in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and is suitable for use with liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). .
Safety
| Symbol(GHS) |  GHS07 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H319 |
| Precautionary statements | P264-P280-P305+P351+P338-P337+P313 |
| Hazard Codes | Xi |
| Risk Statements | 36/37/38 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36-37/39 |
| WGK Germany | 2 |
| RTECS | BQ6650000 |
| F | 3-10 |
| TSCA | Yes |
| HS Code | 29151200 |
| Toxicity | LD50 orl-mus: 2250 mg/kg ZERNAL 9,332,69 |
