Assertion: formic acid | /r/HasProperty | obtained by hydrolysis of methyl formate
Facets:
value: very advantageously
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: We have found that this object is achieved and that formic acid is obtained very advantageously by hydrolysis of methyl formate if the hydrolysis is carried out in the presence of from 0.5 to 3.0 moles, per mole of methyl formate, of a base which contains tertiary nitrogen atoms, boils at not less than 180° C. under atmospheric pressure and has a pKa of from 4 to 9.