Are there any known variations in the chemical composition of formic acid between Oecophylla longinoda and Oecophylla smaragdina? If so, what are the differences, and how might these variations influence their interspecific interactions with other ants in their respective environments?

Formic acid is HCOOH. It is one chemical. There is no composition.

What do you mean with composition, maybe the ants produce other stuff together with the forming acid.

Edited April 29Apr 29 by chenbeier

Formic acid has no chiral centre and is too simple a molecule to to have resonance forms or be a racemic mixture.

5 minutes ago, chenbeier said:

Formic acid is HCOOH. It is one chemical. There is no composition.

What do you mean with composition, maybe the ants produce other stuff together with the forming acid.

Yes, my apologies I should have worded it better

1 minute ago, studiot said:

Formic acid has no chiral centre and is too simple a molecule to to have resonance forms or be a racemic mixture.

The carboxylic group (-COOH) in formic acid does exhibit resonance. The electrons in the double bond between the carbon and one oxygen can delocalize, creating a resonance structure with a partial negative charge on the single-bonded oxygen and partial double-bond character on both C–O bonds.

Just now, Sohan Lalwani said:

The carboxylic group (-COOH) in formic acid does exhibit resonance. The electrons in the double bond between the carbon and one oxygen can delocalize, creating a resonance structure with a partial negative charge on the single-bonded oxygen and partial double-bond character on both C–O bonds.

Yes it does but there is nothing to distinguish the two 'forms' in the result.

(Draw it out in 3D)

Just now, studiot said:

Yes it does but there is nothing to distinguish the two 'forms' in the result.

(Draw it out in 3D)

Not disagreeing with this statement.