Formic Acid

IUPAC Name: Formic Acid
Formula: HCOOH
Origin: German (BASF)

Description : Formic acid is the easiest carboxylic acid with HCOOH configuration. At room temperature, it has a pungent and penetrating odor. It is also miscible, but immiscible in non-polar solvents, with water and most polar organic solvents.