Registration Dossier
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EC number: 200-001-8 | CAS number: 50-00-0
Reference substances
- IUPAC name:
- formaldehyde
Inventory
- EC number:
- 200-001-8
- EC name:
- Formaldehyde
- CAS number:
- 50-00-0
- CAS number:
- 50-00-0
Synonyms
- Names:
- Formaldehyde
- Formaldehyde Formalin
- Formalin
- Formalin Formol Methanal Methan diol
- formalin
- formol
- methanal
- paraformaldehyde formalin methylene oxide
- Identifier:
- IUPAC name
- Formaldehyde
- Identifier:
- IUPAC name
- Methanal
- Identifier:
- IUPAC name
- methanal
- Identifier:
- IUPAC name
- methanal
- Identifier:
- common name
- Formalina, aldehído fórmico, óxido de metileno, metanaldehído, oxometano, formol.
- Identifier:
- common name
- formaldehyde
- Identifier:
- other: InChl
- 1/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
- Identifier:
- other: InChl
- 1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
- Identifier:
- other: Molecular formula
- C H2 O
- Identifier:
- other: Molecular formula
- C-H2-O
- Identifier:
- other: SMILES notation
- C=O
- Identifier:
- other: Molecular formula
- CHO
- Identifier:
- other: InChl
- InChI=1/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
- Identifier:
- other: InChl
- InChI=1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
- Identifier:
- other: InChl
- InChI=1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
- Identifier:
- other: InChl
- InChI=1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2 AuxInfo=1/0/N:1,2/rA:2CO/rB:d1;/rC:0,-1.54,0;;
- Identifier:
- other: SMILES notation
- O=C
- Identifier:
- other: SMILES notation
- O=C([H])[H]
- Identifier:
- other: SMILES notation
- OC=O
- formaldehyde
Molecular and structural information
- Molecular formula:
- CH2O
- Molecular weight:
- 30.026
- SMILES notation:
- O=C
- InChl:
- InChI=1/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
- Structural formula:
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