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formic acid vs acetic acid

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formic acid | acetic acid
formic acid | acetic acid

Chemical names and formulas

 | formic acid | acetic acid formula | HCOOH | CH_3CO_2H Hill formula | CH_2O_2 | C_2H_4O_2 name | formic acid | acetic acid IUPAC name | formic acid | acetic acid alternate names | myrmicyl | acetic acid, glacial | ethanoic acid | ethylic acid | glacial acetic acid | methanecarboxylic acid | vinegar acid mass fractions | C (carbon) 26.1% | H (hydrogen) 4.38% | O (oxygen) 69.5% | C (carbon) 40% | H (hydrogen) 6.71% | O (oxygen) 53.3%
| formic acid | acetic acid formula | HCOOH | CH_3CO_2H Hill formula | CH_2O_2 | C_2H_4O_2 name | formic acid | acetic acid IUPAC name | formic acid | acetic acid alternate names | myrmicyl | acetic acid, glacial | ethanoic acid | ethylic acid | glacial acetic acid | methanecarboxylic acid | vinegar acid mass fractions | C (carbon) 26.1% | H (hydrogen) 4.38% | O (oxygen) 69.5% | C (carbon) 40% | H (hydrogen) 6.71% | O (oxygen) 53.3%

Structure diagrams

  | formic acid | acetic acid vertex count | 3 | 4 edge count | 3 | 4 Schultz index | 16 | 36 Wiener index | 4 | 9 Hosoya index | 3 | 4 Balaban index | 1.633 | 2.324
| formic acid | acetic acid vertex count | 3 | 4 edge count | 3 | 4 Schultz index | 16 | 36 Wiener index | 4 | 9 Hosoya index | 3 | 4 Balaban index | 1.633 | 2.324

3D structure

3D structure
3D structure

Basic properties

 | formic acid | acetic acid molar mass | 46.025 g/mol | 60.052 g/mol phase | liquid (at STP) | liquid (at STP) melting point | 8.3 °C | 16.2 °C boiling point | 100.5 °C | 117.5 °C density | 1.22 g/cm^3 | 1.049 g/cm^3 solubility in water | miscible | miscible dielectric constant | 58.5 | 6.17
| formic acid | acetic acid molar mass | 46.025 g/mol | 60.052 g/mol phase | liquid (at STP) | liquid (at STP) melting point | 8.3 °C | 16.2 °C boiling point | 100.5 °C | 117.5 °C density | 1.22 g/cm^3 | 1.049 g/cm^3 solubility in water | miscible | miscible dielectric constant | 58.5 | 6.17

Hydrophobicity and permeability properties

 | formic acid | acetic acid experimental LogP hydrophobicity | -0.54 |  predicted LogP hydrophobicity | -0.46 | -0.12 experimental LogS | | 1.22 predicted LogS | 1.02 | 0.73
| formic acid | acetic acid experimental LogP hydrophobicity | -0.54 | predicted LogP hydrophobicity | -0.46 | -0.12 experimental LogS | | 1.22 predicted LogS | 1.02 | 0.73

Liquid properties

 | formic acid | acetic acid density | 1.22 g/cm^3 | 1.049 g/cm^3 vapor pressure | 44.79 mmHg | 11.4 mmHg dynamic viscosity | 0.001607 Pa s | 0.001056 Pa s surface tension | 0.03713 N/m | 0.0288 N/m refractive index | 1.37 | 1.371 UV cutoff wavelength | | 260 nm
| formic acid | acetic acid density | 1.22 g/cm^3 | 1.049 g/cm^3 vapor pressure | 44.79 mmHg | 11.4 mmHg dynamic viscosity | 0.001607 Pa s | 0.001056 Pa s surface tension | 0.03713 N/m | 0.0288 N/m refractive index | 1.37 | 1.371 UV cutoff wavelength | | 260 nm

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