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Calcium formate

C2H2CaO4CAS 544-17-2130.11 g/mol

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O−OO−OCa2+
Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C2H2CaO4
Molar mass
130.11 g/mol
Exact mass
129.9579 Da
Density
2.02 g/mL
Melting point
above 300 °C
logP
-0.68Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

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Identifiers

CAS number
544-17-2
SMILES
[O-]C=O.[O-]C=O.[Ca+2]
InChI

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Names and synonyms

11 names
  • Formic acid, calcium salt (2:1)
  • Formic acid, calcium salt
  • Calcium diformate
  • Calcium formate (Ca(HCO2)2)
  • Calcoform
  • Selbest accelerator
  • E 328
  • Ronasil CF
  • Mebofix 50
  • Hanming HW
  • Diformyloxycalcium

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Formic acid64-18-6Free acid Potassium formate590-29-4Salt Aluminium formate7360-53-4Salt Nickel formate3349-06-2Salt Sodium formate141-53-7Salt Ammonium formate540-69-2Salt Copper formate544-19-4Salt Potassium biformate20642-05-1Salt Zinc formate557-41-5Salt Cesium formate3495-36-1Salt Rubidium formate3495-35-0Salt Beryllium formate1111-71-3Salt

Similar compounds

Calcium hypochlorite7778-54-331 % similar

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