Oxalic+Acid

=Oxalic Acid is a colorless solid and a dicarboxylic acid. Oxalic acid is mainly manufactuured by the oxidaton of carbonydrates or glucose using nitric acid or air in the presence of vanaduim pentoxide. You can purchase oxalic acid or it can be prepared in labortory by oxidizing sucrose using nitric acid in the presence of a small amount of vanaduim pentoxide as a catalyst.= = = =Oxalic acid is made up of anhydrous and dihydrate. Oxalic acid is relatively strong acid, despite being a carboxylic acid. It forms esters such as dimethyl oxalate. It forms an acid chloride caled oxalyl chloride. Oxalate, the conjugate base of oxalic acid, is an excellent ligend for metal icon, the drug oxaliplatin. The synomymus is Ethanediaic acid, dihydrate, oxalic acid dihydrate. The chemical formula is HOOCCOOH.2H2O. The MSDS is oxalic acid anhydrous.= = = =Harmful if inhaled, can cause severe irritation and burns of nose, throat and respiratory tract. May cause burns nausea, severe gastraenteritis and vomiting, shock and convulsions. May cause renal damage. mayaffect kidneys. The most common type of oxalic acid used in the embalming room would be bleaching and cleaning.= = = =In 1824, Wohler prepared oxalic acid by hydralysis of cyayanogen. This expeiment may represent the first synthesis of a natural product oxalic acid is used in the restoration of old wood. Oxalic acid in sugar syrup, is used by some beekeepers as a miticide against the parasitic varroa mite. Oxalic acid are abundantly present in many plants. Also sometimes bleach is mixed with embalming fluid, this very dangerous and also used as desinfectants.= = = = = = =