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Ammonia reacts with methyl formate to give formamide and methanol.

This reaction is used in the manufacture of formic acid.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

  +  
NH3
         
HCONH2
  +  
CH3OH
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Methyl formate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ammonia     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Formamide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Methanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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