Ammonium formate, 97%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

General References:

1. Reagent for N-formylation of secondary amines and anilines: Tetrahedron Lett., 41, 9149 (2000).
2. Widely used as a hydrogen donor in catalytic hydrogen transfer reductions. Review: Synthesis, 91 (1988). See also Palladium, A12012, Cyclohexene, A11359, Hydrazine monohydrate, A14005, Formic acid, A13285 and Sodium hypophosphite monohydrate, A13385.
3. Examples include:
4. Reduction of aryl nitro groups to amines: Tetrahedron Lett., 25, 3415 (1984). For reductive cyclization of an o-nitrobenzyl ketone to an indole, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 9, 601 (1998). Hydrogenolysis of N-benzyl groups: Synthesis, 53 (1987); Tetrahedron Lett., 28, 515 (1987). Reduction of aldehydes and ketones to methyl and methylene groups: Tetrahedron Lett., 29, 3741 (1988). The temperature- and solvent-dependencies of this type of reaction have been studied: Synth. Commun., 22, 2673, 2683 (1992). Selective reduction of the heterocyclic ring of quinolines and isoquinolines: Synth. Commun., 20, 2815 (1990). Reduction of pyridine N-oxides to piperidines: J. Org. Chem., 66, 5264 (2001). Regioselective reduction of epoxides: J. Org. Chem., 60, 4922 (1995). Ammonium formate was found to be a more active H donor than either sodium formate or formic acid in the catalytic hydrogenolysis of aryl chlorides. For a comparative mechanistic study of this reaction, see: J. Org. Chem., 60, 1347 (1995).
5. A simple microwave-assisted method for catalytic transfer hydrogenation in ethylene glycol or 1,3-propanediol has been reported: J. Org. Chem., 64, 5746 (1999).
6. Sridhar, M.; Ferri, D.; Elsener, M.; Bokhoven, J. A. V.; Krocher, O. Promotion of Ammonium Formate and Formic Acid Decomposition over Au/TiO₂by Support Basicity under SCR-Relevant Conditions ACS. Catal 2015, 5 (8), 4772-4782.
7. Su, J.; Lu, M.; Lin, H.. High yield production of formate by hydrogenating CO2 derived ammonium carbamate/carbonate at room temperature. Green Chem. 2015, 17 (5), 2769-2773.