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Potassium formate

ReagentPlus®, 99%

Synonym(s):

Formic acid potassium salt

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Linear Formula:
HCOOK
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
84.12
Beilstein:
3623272
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

99%

form

solid

mp

165-168 °C (lit.)

InChI

1S/CH2O2.K/c2-1-3;/h1H,(H,2,3);/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

WFIZEGIEIOHZCP-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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Application

Potassium formate has been used as a biochemical component for the synthesis of liquid phantom to study the Raman reconstruction by Wiener estimation.
It can be used:
  • For the hydroxycarbonylation of aryl halides in the presence of 1–5 mol % of CO.
  • As an additive for thermal activation of sodium peroxydisulfate.
  • As a reducing agent to suppress the undesired boronic acid homocoupling reaction in Suzuki cross-coupling reaction.

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ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Effective palladium-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation of aryl halides with substoichiometric carbon monoxide.
Korsager S, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(8), 2891-2894 (2013)
Suppression of a palladium-mediated homocoupling in a Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. Development of an impurity control strategy supporting synthesis of LY451395.
Miller WD, et al.
Organic Process Research & Development, 11(3), 359-364 (2007)
A Method to Create a Universal Calibration Dataset for Raman Reconstruction Based on Wiener Estimation.
Chen S, et al.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 22(3), 1-7 (2016)
Verónica C Mora et al.
Chemosphere, 75(10), 1405-1409 (2009-03-17)
The kinetics and mechanism of the thermal activation of peroxydisulfate, in the temperature range from 60 to 80 degrees C, was investigated in the presence and absence of sodium formate as an additive to turn the oxidizing capacity of the
Kyle C Costa et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 195(7), 1456-1462 (2013-01-22)
Hydrogenotrophic methanogenic Archaea are defined by an H2 requirement for growth. Despite this requirement, many hydrogenotrophs are also capable of growth with formate as an electron donor for methanogenesis. While certain responses of these organisms to hydrogen availability have been

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