CAS Registry Number®
50-00-0
CAS Name
Formaldehyde
Molecular Formula
CH2O
Molecular Mass
30.03
Compound Properties
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Boiling Point (1)
-19.5 °C
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Melting Point (1)
-92 °C
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Density (2)
0.8 g/cm3
Source(s)
- (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
- (2) International Chemical Safety Cards data were obtained from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
InChIKey
InChIKey=WSFSSNUMVMOOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C=O
Canonical SMILES
O=C
Other Names for this Substance
- Formaldehyde
- BFV
- Fannoform
- Formalin
- Formalith
- Formic aldehyde
- Formol
- Fyde
- Methanal
- Methyl aldehyde
- Methylene oxide
- Oxomethane
- Oxymethylene
- Superlysoform
- Lysoform
- Morbicid
- Paraform
- Methaldehyde
- Floguard 1015
- FM 282
- F-gen
- Fordor
- NSC 298885
- Formalin LM
- Optilyse
- Formalin Taisei
- Formaldehyde-12C
- FS 850A
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
8005-38-7, 8006-07-3, 8013-13-6, 112068-71-0, 1053659-79-2, 1156543-56-4, 1158237-02-5, 1196157-74-0, 1227476-28-9, 1357848-44-2, 1416946-65-0, 1609158-91-9, 2100305-91-5
