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Acetic formic anhydride or ethanoic methanoic anhydride is a chemical compound with formula C3H4O3 or H3C-(C=O)-O-(C=O)H. It can be viewed as the mixed anhydride of acetic acid (H3C-(C=O)OH) and formic acid (H(C=O)OH) by removal of a molecule of water.It can be produced by reaction between sodium formate and acetyl chloride in anhydrous diethyl ether at 23–27 °C. Among other uses it is a formylation agent for amines amino acids and alcohols and a starting material for formyl fluoride.
