Magnesium formate

Magnesium formate
Names
	IUPAC name Magnesium diformate
Identifiers
CAS Number	557-39-1 ; 6150-82-9 (dihydrate) ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	61687;
ECHA InfoCard	100.008.341
EC Number	209-173-9;
PubChem CID	68404;
UNII	3B917PAF9I ; 3Z0F17XFMN (dihydrate) ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID3060320 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/2CH2O2.Mg/c22-1-3;/h21H,(H,2,3);/q;;+2/p-2 Key: GMDNUWQNDQDBNQ-UHFFFAOYSA-L;
	SMILES C(=O)[O-].C(=O)[O-].[Mg+2];
Properties
Chemical formula	Mg(HCO2)2
Solubility in water	14 g/100g at 0 °C; 14.4 g/100g at 20 °C; 20.5 g/100g at 80 °C
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Magnesium formate is a magnesium salt of formic acid. It is an inorganic compound. It consists of a magnesium cation and formate anion. It can be prepared by reacting magnesium oxide with formic acid. The dihydrate is formed when crystallizing from the solution. The dihydrate dehydrates at 105 °C to form anhydrate, then decomposes at 500 °C to produce magnesium oxide.^[1] Magnesium formate can be used for organic syntheses.^[2]

References

^ D. Dollimore, J.P. Gupta, D.V. Nowell (May 1979). "The thermal decomposition of metal formates. II. Solid state thermal decomposition studies on magnesium formate dihydrate". Thermochimica Acta. 30 (1–2): 339–350. doi:10.1016/0040-6031(79)85069-8. ISSN 0040-6031. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-08-09.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Brückner, Reinhard; Zettlmeier, Wolfgang (2015). Reaktionsmechanismen organische Reaktionen, Stereochemie, moderne Synthesemethoden (in German). Berlin. p. 316. ISBN 978-3-662-45683-5. OCLC 901537772.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] D. Dollimore, J.P. Gupta, D.V. Nowell (May 1979). "The thermal decomposition of metal formates. II. Solid state thermal decomposition studies on magnesium formate dihydrate". Thermochimica Acta. 30 (1–2): 339–350. doi:10.1016/0040-6031(79)85069-8. ISSN 0040-6031. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-08-09.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Brückner, Reinhard; Zettlmeier, Wolfgang (2015). Reaktionsmechanismen organische Reaktionen, Stereochemie, moderne Synthesemethoden (in German). Berlin. p. 316. ISBN 978-3-662-45683-5. OCLC 901537772.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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