• British Pharmacopoeia Volume IV
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Formamide
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Formamide CH3NO  =  45.0 (75-12-7)

A clear, colourless, oily liquid, hygroscopic, miscible with water and with ethanol (96 per cent). It is hydrolysed by water.

bp2010_v4_02_03_appendix_i_1a_d d_20_20.png: about 1.134.

bp: about 210 °C.

Content: minimum 99.5 per cent.

Storage: in an airtight container.