Acetic formic anhydride

Acetic formic anhydride
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Acetic formic anhydride
Other names
  • Acetyloxymethanone
  • Formyl acetate
  • Formic acetic anhydride
  • ethanoic methanoic anhydride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/C3H4O3/c1-3(5)6-2-4/h2H,1H3 Y
    Key: ORWKVZNEPHTCQE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
  • CC(=O)OC=O
Properties
C3H4O3
Molar mass 88.062 g·mol−1
Appearance colourless liquid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Acetic formic anhydride is an organic compound with the chemical formula C
3H
4O
3, which can be viewed as the mixed anhydride of acetic acid and formic acid. It is used on a laboratory-scale as a formylating agent.

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