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

  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)