Magnesium formate

Structural formula
General
Surname	Magnesium formate
other names	Magnesium format Magnesium diformate Magnesium methanoate
Molecular formula	C 2 H 2 MgO 4
Brief description	colorless solid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 557-39-1 6150-82-9 (dihydrate) EC number 209-173-9 ECHA InfoCard 100.008.341 PubChem 68404 Wikidata Q27257000
properties
Molar mass	114.34 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
solubility	soluble in water (1400 g l −1 at 20 ° C) practically insoluble in ethanol and ether (dihydrate)
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances no GHS pictograms H and P phrases H: no H-phrases P: no P-phrases
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Magnesium formate is a chemical compound of magnesium from the group of formic acid salts .

Occurrence

Magnesium formate occurs naturally in the form of the mineral dashkovaite .

Extraction and presentation

Magnesium formate can be obtained by reacting magnesium or magnesium oxide with formic acid .

${\displaystyle \mathrm {Mg+2\ HCOOH\longrightarrow C_{2}H_{2}MgO_{4}+H_{2}} }$

properties

Magnesium formate is a colorless solid that is soluble in water. The compound has a monoclinic crystal structure with the space group P 2 ₁ / c (space group no. 14) .

use

Magnesium formate can be used for organic syntheses.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} data sheet magnesium formats, produced by BASF at Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on October 3, 2017 ( PDF ).
2. ^ William M. Haynes: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 97th Edition . CRC Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4987-5429-3 ( books.google.de ).
3. ^ ^{A b} Robert A. Lewis: Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary . John Wiley & Sons, 2016, ISBN 978-1-119-19372-2 ( books.google.de ).
4. ^ RP Manchanda: Chemistry . Saraswati House Pvt Ltd, ISBN 978-81-7335-840-1 ( books.google.de ).
5. ↑ The Crystal Structures of Magnesium Format Dihydrate and Manganous Format Dihydrate . In: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan . tape 19 , no. 5 , 1964, ISSN  0031-9015 , pp. 717-723 , doi : 10.1143 / JPSJ.19.717 ( jps.jp ).
6. ↑ Reinhard Brückner: reaction mechanisms: organic reactions, stereochemistry, modern synthesis methods . Springer-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-662-45684-2 , pp. 316 ( books.google.de ).