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What is formamide?

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It's a feedstock for quite a few products, and it's made in one of three ways: reacting formic acid with ammonia then heating it; reacting carbon monoxide and ammonia; or reacting carbon monoxide and methanol to get methyl formate then performing an aminolysis reaction to get formamide and methanol (which you then react with more carbon monoxide to get more methyl formate...)

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