Formaldehyde

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Formula CH2O
IUPAC Name formaldehyde
Molecular Mass 30.026 g·mol−1
Heat of Formation -106.9 ± 16.7 kJ·mol−1
Dipole Moment 2.67 ± 1.08 D
Volume 42.61 Å 3
Surface Area 60.66 Å 2
HOMO Energy -10.35 ± 0.55 eV
LUMO Energy 0.10 ± eV
Point Group Symmetry C2v
Synonyms
  • acetal resin
  • aldacide
  • aldehido
  • aldehidos
  • aldehyd
  • aldehyde formique
  • aldehyde formique [iso-french]
  • aldehydes
  • aldehydum
  • aldeide formica
  • bfv
  • carbon oxide
  • caswell no. 465
  • caswell no. 633
  • d00017
  • d01494
  • dormol
  • epa pesticide chemical code 043001
  • epa pesticide chemical code 043002
  • f-gen
  • fannoform
  • flo-mor
  • floguard 1015
  • fm 282
  • fordor
  • formaldehyd
  • formaldehyd [czech, polish]
  • formaldehyde (gas)
  • formaldehyde (usp)
  • formaldehyde [bsi:iso]
  • formaldehyde polymer
  • formaldehyde solution
  • formaldehyde, 37%, methanol-free
  • formaldehyde, as formalin solution
  • formaldehyde, gas
  • formaldehyde, solution
  • formaldehyde, solution (37% to 50%)
  • formaldehyde, solutions with not <25% formaldehyde [un2209] [corrosive]
  • formaldehyde, solutions, flammable [un1198] [flammable liquid]
  • formalin
  • formalin (jp15)
  • formalin 40
  • formalin solution, neutral buffered, 10%
  • formalin-loesungen
  • formalina
  • formaline
  • formalith
  • formic aldehyde
  • formic aldehyde
  • formol
  • formyl group
  • fyde
  • hcho
  • hyperband
  • ivalon
  • karsan
  • ketone
  • lysoform
  • methaldehyde
  • methanal
  • methyl aldehyde
  • methylene oxide
  • morbicid
  • oilstop, halowax
  • oplossingen
  • oxomethane
  • oxomethylene
  • oxymethylene
  • p-formaldehyde
  • paraform
  • paraformaldehyde
  • paraformaldehyde (jp15)
  • paraformaldehyde [un2213] [flammable solid]
  • paraformaldehyde, polymer
  • paraformaldehydum
  • paraformic aldehyde
  • poly(oxymethylene)
  • poly(oxymethylene), acetate end-capped
  • polyformaldehyde
  • polymerised formaldehyde
  • polyoxymethylene
  • polyoxymethylene glycol
  • r-co-r'
  • rc(=o)h
  • rfpdt@
  • superlysoform
  • un 2209 (formalin)
CAS Number(s)
  • 50-00-0
  • 30525-89-4
  • 12795-06-1
  • 112068-71-0
  • 8005-38-7
  • 8006-07-3
  • 8013-13-6
  • 53026-80-5
InChIKey WSFSSNUMVMOOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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