Oxalic acid yana yadu a cikin shuka a cikin yanayi, mafi yawan kasancewa a cikin nau'in gishiri na oxalic acid. CW Scheele ya fara kera oxalate a cikin 1776.

Oxalate shine acid mafi ƙarfi tsakanin dicarboxylic acid. Bayan samun cikakken Properties na carboxylic acid, shi ma yana da rage dukiya da kuma iya quantitatively rage bakwai valence manganese zuwa bivalent manganese. Ana amfani da wannan kadarar sau da yawa don ƙididdigar ƙididdiga na potassium permanganate.

5 C2H2O4 + 2 KMnO4 + 3 H2SO4 →K2SO4 + 2 MNSO4 + 8H2O + 10 CO2;

Oxalic acid kuma zai iya rage trivalent ƙarfe zuwa baƙin ƙarfe bivalent. Saboda babban solubility na bivalent baƙin ƙarfe a cikin ruwa, za mu iya amfani da wannan ka'ida don cire tsatsa a kan tufafi.

Oxalic acid zai iya amsawa tare da pentachloride phosphorus don samar da phosphorus oxychloride. C2H2O4 + PCl5 → POCl3 + CO + CO2 + 2 HCL.

Oxalic acid na iya amsawa da ƙarfe da yawa don samar da gishirin oxalic acid. Baya ga gishirin ƙarfe na alkali da gishirin ƙarfe bivalent tare da sauran gishirin oxalic acid ba ya narkewa cikin ruwa. Wasu gishirin ƙarfe, ko da yake ba sa narkewa a cikin ruwa, na iya haifar da hadaddun da ke narkewa a cikin ruwa.

Fe2 (C2O4) 3 + 3 K2C2O4 + 6 H2O →2 K3 [Fe (C2O4) 3] • 6 H2O.

A kan dumama, alkali karfe da alkaline duniya karfe oxalic acid gishiri iya rasa carbon monoxide da samar da carbonates tare da carbonate ci gaba da zama batun dumama da za a kara bazu cikin oxide da carbon dioxide. Gishirin oxalic acid na nickel, cobalt da azurfa na iya samar da ƙarfe a ƙarshe maimakon oxide mara ƙarfe.

Abubuwan da suka lalace na oxalate sune carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide da ruwa.

Oxalate da oxalic acid gishiri suna da guba. Mice, ta hanyar sarrafa baki, yana da LD50 na 2000 ~ 4000 mg/kg.