Infrared spectra of the water formaldehyde complex in argon and nitrogen matrices have been obtained. The complex shifts of the water fundamentals clearly show that water forms a hydrogen bond with formaldehyde. HDO prefers to form a D bond, but a metastable H-bonded complex is observed in nitrogen matrices below 20 K.
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