| Preferred Name |
formic acid |
| Synonyms |
formic acid HCOOH Formic acid bilorin formylic acid HCO2H methoic acid Ameisensaeure H-COOH aminic acid hydrogen carboxylic acid Acide formique FORMIC ACID Methanoic acid |
| Definitions |
The simplest carboxylic acid, containing a single carbon. Occurs naturally in various sources including the venom of bee and ant stings, and is a useful organic synthetic reagent. Principally used as a preservative and antibacterial agent in livestock feed. Induces severe metabolic acidosis and ocular injury in human subjects. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_30751 |
| charge |
0 |
| database_cross_reference |
PMID:7361809 PMID:22483350 PMID:22447125 PMID:16445901 Wikipedia:Formic_acid KEGG:C00058 PMID:18034701 Reaxys:1209246 PMID:22385261 PMID:18397576 MetaCyc:FORMATE PMID:16230297 LIPID_MAPS_instance:LMFA01010040 PMID:22622393 HMDB:HMDB0000142 CAS:64-18-6 PMID:12591956 Patent:CN101481304 PMID:16185830 PMID:16120414 PMID:22606986 KNApSAcK:C00001182 PDBeChem:FMT PMID:22080171 PMID:14637377 PMID:22304812 PMID:16465784 PMID:22499553 PMID:22280475 Beilstein:1209246 PMID:15811469 PMID:22540994 PMID:3946945 Gmelin:1008 DrugBank:DB01942 BPDB:1749 PMID:16222862 |
| definition |
The simplest carboxylic acid, containing a single carbon. Occurs naturally in various sources including the venom of bee and ant stings, and is a useful organic synthetic reagent. Principally used as a preservative and antibacterial agent in livestock feed. Induces severe metabolic acidosis and ocular injury in human subjects. |
| formula |
CH2O2 |
| has exact synonym |
formic acid Formic acid FORMIC ACID |
| has related synonym |
HCOOH bilorin formylic acid HCO2H methoic acid Ameisensaeure H-COOH aminic acid hydrogen carboxylic acid Acide formique Methanoic acid |
| has role |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33282 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_74783 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_25212 |
| has_alternative_id |
CHEBI:5145 CHEBI:42460 CHEBI:24082 |
| has_obo_namespace |
chebi_ontology |
| id |
CHEBI:30751 |
| in_subset | |
| inchi |
InChI=1S/CH2O2/c2-1-3/h1H,(H,2,3) |
| inchikey |
BDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| is_conjugate_acid_of | |
| label |
formic acid |
| mass |
46.02538 |
| monoisotopicmass |
46.00548 |
| notation |
CHEBI:30751 |
| prefLabel |
formic acid |
| smiles |
[H]C(O)=O |
| subClassOf |