to produce a larger carboxylic acid.

Formic acid is a source for a formyl group for example in the formylation of ''N''-methylaniline to N-methylformanilide in toluene.

Production

In 2009, the worldwide capacity for producing formic acid was 720 e3t per year, roughly equally divided between Europe (350 e3t, mainly in Germany) and Asia (370 e3t, mainly in China) while production

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