Paraformaldehyde
CAS Registry Number®
30525-89-4
CAS Name
ParaformaldehydeMolecular Formula
(CH2O)xCite this Page
Paraformaldehyde. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=30525-89-4 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 30525-89-4). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
135-136 °C @ Press: 13 TorrMelting Point (2)
164 °C (decomp)Density (3)
1.46 g/cm³
Source(s)
- (1) Wollner, Johannes; Chemische Berichte, (1960), 93, 888-95, CAplus
- (2) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
- (3) 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
- Paraformaldehyde
- Flo-Mor
- Paraform
- Aldacide
- TransFix
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
53026-80-5, 104512-58-5, 104512-63-2, 104814-22-4, 1417997-02-4
