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Formaldehyde detectives: Evidence for the production of formaldehyde during a ruthenium-catalyzed CO2 reduction process, and for its involvement in the formation of the resulting C2 compound, is disclosed. Ultimately, formaldehyde can be recovered by methanol trapping. HBPin=pinacolborane.
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