Ammonium formate
Description
Ammonium formate is a white solid with a weak odor of ammonia. Sinks and mixes slowly with water. Ammonium formate is the ammonium salt of formic acid. It has a role as a buffer. It derives from formic acid.
Category
Specialty Chemicals
CAS no
540-69-2
Formula
NH4HCO2
Molecular Weight
63.056 g/mol
Synonyms
⦁ Formic acid,
⦁ ammonium salt
⦁ formic acid ammonium salt
⦁ ammonium formate
⦁ Mravencan amonny
Form
Powder
Uses
⦁ Ammonium formate is widely used in various organic reactions like Leuckart reaction, which involves the reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones.
⦁ It serves as a buffer in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS).
