Formic acid, also known as methanoic acid, is one of the simplest carboxylic acids with the chemical formula HCOOH. It was first isolated in 1640 by the English chemist Johann Rudolph Glauber from a compound called fourmiate de potassium which he prepared by treating potassium carbonate with an ant pile. Despite its early discovery, large-scale industrial uses of formic acid were not ... https://hallbook.com.br/blogs/411395/Formic-Acid-An-Underrated-Organic-Compound