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Formaldehyde from hexamine

mycotheologist - 14-11-2012 at 13:34

I can't find any information on converting hexamine into formaldehyde. I read that an acid is needed but thats all I know. I've seen HCl be mentioned, if I add an equimolar quantity of 20% HCl solution to hexamine, will I end up with formaldehyde and NH4Cl? Will the formaldehyde be hard to seperate from the aqueous NH4Cl?

What about concentrated H2SO4?