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Sodium formate

reagent grade, 97%

• Synonym(s): Formic acid sodium salt
• Linear Formula: HCOONa
• CAS Number: 141-53-7
• Molecular Weight: 68.01
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 3595134
• EC Number: 205-488-0
• MDL number: MFCD00013101
• UNSPSC Code: 12352300
• eCl@ss: 39021901
• PubChem Substance ID: 329749126
• NACRES: NA.55
• assay: 97%
• grade: reagent grade
• form: crystalline powder; powder, crystals or granules
• solubility: water: soluble(lit.)

Properties

• grade: reagent grade
• assay: 97%
• form: crystalline powder; powder, crystals or granules
• mp: 259-262 °C (lit.)
• solubility: water: soluble(lit.)
• SMILES string: [Na+].[O-]C=O
• InChI: 1S/CH2O2.Na/c2-1-3;/h1H,(H,2,3);/q;+1/p-1
• InChI key: HLBBKKJFGFRGMU-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Description

General description

Sodium formate is the colorless sodium salt of formic acid. It can be prepared by reacting formic acid with sodium hydroxide or carbonate.[1] Its crystal structure has been investigated. Its crystals exhibit monoclinic-holohedral symmetry.[2]

Application

• Engineering Redox Cofactor Balance for Improved 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate Production in Escherichia coli.: Sodium formate was used to manipulate redox cofactor balance, significantly enhancing the production of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in E. coli, showcasing its potential in metabolic engineering applications (Yang et al., 2024).


• Intensity-dependent mass search for improving metabolite database matches in chemical isotope labeling LC-QTOF-MS-based metabolomics.: Sodium formate was utilized in isotope labeling for LC-QTOF-MS, improving metabolite database matching accuracy, thus enhancing metabolomics data quality (Li et al., 2023).


• High-Yield Synthesis of Enantiopure 1,2-Amino Alcohols from l-Phenylalanine via Linear and Divergent Enzymatic Cascades.: The study highlights sodium formate′s role in enzymatic cascades for the efficient synthesis of enantiopure amino alcohols, important intermediates in pharmaceutical synthesis (Corrado et al., 2022).


• UPLC-ESI-QTOF/MS and multivariate data analysis for blood plasma and serum metabolomics: effect of experimental artefacts and anticoagulant.: Sodium formate was used as a reference standard in UPLC-ESI-QTOF/MS, providing insights into minimizing experimental artefacts in blood plasma and serum metabolomics (Barri and Dragsted, 2013).

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable