Oxalic acid e ajoa haholo semeleng ka tlhaho, boholo bo teng ka mokhoa oa letsoai la oxalic acid. CW Scheele e ile ea qala ho etsa oxalate ka 1776.

Oxalate ke acid e matla ka ho fetisisa har'a dicarboxylic acid. Ntle le ho ba le litšobotsi tse akaretsang tsa asiti ea carboxylic, e boetse e na le thepa e fokotsang 'me e ka fokotsa ka bongata manganese e supileng ea valence ho ea ho bivalent manganese. Hangata thepa ena e sebelisoa bakeng sa tlhahlobo ea bongata ba potassium permanganate.

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

Oxalic acid e ka boela ea fokotsa tšepe ea trivalent hore e be tšepe ea bivalent. Ka lebaka la ho qhibiliha ho hoholo ha tšepe ea bivalent ka metsing, re ka sebelisa molao-motheo ona ho tlosa mafome liaparong.

Oxalic acid e ka sebetsana le phosphorus pentachloride ho hlahisa phosphorus oxychloride. C2H2O4 + PCl5 → POCl3 + CO + CO2 + 2 HCL.

Oxalic acid e ka sebetsana le litšepe tse ngata ho hlahisa letsoai la oxalic acid. Ho phaella ho letsoai la tšepe ea alkali le letsoai la tšepe le bivalent le letsoai le setseng la oxalic acid ha le qhibilihe hantle metsing. Letsoai le leng la tšepe, le hoja le sa qhibilihe hantle ka metsing, le ka hlahisa lintho tse rarahaneng tse qhibilihang ka metsing.

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

Ha ho futhumatsa, tšepe ea alkali le lefats'e la tšepe ea oxalic acid letsoai le ka lahleheloa ke carbon monoxide 'me la etsa carbonates le carbonate e ntse e tsoela pele ho futhumala ho tsoela pele ho senyeha ho ba oxide le carbon dioxide. Oxalic acid letsoai la nickel, cobalt le silevera qetellong li ka hlahisa tšepe ho e-na le nonmetal oxide.

Lihlahisoa tse bolang tsa oxalate ke carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide le metsi.

Oxalate le letsoai la oxalic acid li chefo. Litoeba, ka tsamaiso ea molomo, li na le LD50 ea 2000 ~ 4000 mg / kg.