The Ammonium formate, also known as Formic acid, ammonium salt, is an organic compound with the formula NH₄HCO₂. It belongs to the product categories of Industrial/Fine Chemicals; Alphabetical Synthetic Reagents; Ammonium Biological Buffers; Biological Buffers; BioUltra Buffers; Buffer Solutions Protein Structural Analysis; Inorganic Salts; Optimization Reagents; X-Ray Crystallography. Its EINECS registry number is 208-753-9. With the CAS registry number 540-69-2, its IUPAC name is azanium formate. It is a colorless, hygroscopic, crystalline solid.

Physical properties of Ammonium formate: (1)H-Bond Donor: 1; (2)H-Bond Acceptor: 2; (3)Rotatable Bond Count: 0; (4)Exact Mass: 63.032028; (5)MonoIsotopic Mass: 63.032028; (6)Topological Polar Surface Area: 41.1; (7)Heavy Atom Count: 4; (8)Formal Charge: 0; (9)Complexity: 7.5; (10)Isotope Atom Count: 0; (11)Defined Atom StereoCenter Count: 0; (12)Undefined Atom StereoCenter Count: 0; (13)Defined Bond StereoCenter Count: 0; (14)Undefined Bond StereoCenter Count: 0; (15)Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 2.

Preparation of Ammonium formate: this chemical can be prepared by formic acid and NH₃ via neutralization reaction. The formic acid and H₂O is freezed. The reaction mixture is stirred at -5 °C with the PH value of 7-7.5 and is filtered. Finally, you can get Ammonium formate.

Uses: formic acid can be obtained by reacting Ammonium formate with a dilute acid, and since ammonium formate is also produced from formic acid, it can serve as a way of storing formic acid. Ammonium formate can also be used in palladium on carbon (Pd/C) reduction of functional groups. Ammonium formate can be used for reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones. Ammonium formate can be used as a buffer in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and is suitable for use with liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy (LC/MS).

When you are using this chemical, please be cautious about it as the following:
This chemical may cause inflammation to the skin or other mucous membranes. It is irritating to eyes, respiratory system and skin. In case of contact with eyes, you should rinse immediately with plenty of water and seek medical advice. Whenever you will contact it, please wear suitable protective clothing, gloves and eye/face protection.

You can still convert the following datas into molecular structure:
(1)Canonical SMILES: C(=O)[O-].[NH4+]
(2)InChI: InChI=1S/CH2O2.H3N/c2-1-3;/h1H,(H,2,3);1H3
(3)InChIKey: VZTDIZULWFCMLS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

The toxicity data is as follows: