| It is manufactured by heating methanal with ammonium chloride. |
| As has already been stated oxidation yields the aldhyde methanal, but further oxidation of this will yield the carboxylic acid methanoic acid. |
| The majority of methanol is used in the manufacture of methanal, with smaller amounts of methanoic acid and chloromethane also being manufactured. |
| Synthesis gas is used to manufacture methanal, and also methanol. |
| A particularly important reaction is with the aldehyde methanal. |
| Formaldehyde is listed under alternative names including formalin, methanal, methyl aldehyde, methylene oxide, morbic acid, oxymethylene. |
