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An electronic signature of hydrolysation in the X-ray absorption spectrum of aqueous formaldehyde

Ottosson, Niklas ; Aziz, Emad F. ; Bradeanu, Ioana L. ; Legendre, Sebastien ; Öhrwall, Gunnar LU orcid ; Svensson, Svante ; Bjoerneholm, Olle and Eberhardt, Wolfgang (2008) In Chemical Physics Letters 460(4-6). p.540-542
Abstract
Formaldehyde in aqueous solution is hydrolysed and forms methanediol. Using X-ray absorption spectroscopy we show that the hydrolysation product can be identified by a distinct electronic signature in the spectra. This is manifested by the disappearance of the oxygen 1s -> pi* absorption line. The X-ray absorption spectrum of aqueous formaldehyde is compared with those of the structurally similar formamide and urea, which are in contrast not hydrolysed in aqueous solution. We thereby demonstrate the exceptional sensitivity and simplicity of the technique to monitor this fundamental process in the aqueous phase. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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0009-2614
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10.1016/j.cplett.2008.06.043
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  abstract     = {{Formaldehyde in aqueous solution is hydrolysed and forms methanediol. Using X-ray absorption spectroscopy we show that the hydrolysation product can be identified by a distinct electronic signature in the spectra. This is manifested by the disappearance of the oxygen 1s -> pi* absorption line. The X-ray absorption spectrum of aqueous formaldehyde is compared with those of the structurally similar formamide and urea, which are in contrast not hydrolysed in aqueous solution. We thereby demonstrate the exceptional sensitivity and simplicity of the technique to monitor this fundamental process in the aqueous phase. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Ottosson, Niklas and Aziz, Emad F. and Bradeanu, Ioana L. and Legendre, Sebastien and Öhrwall, Gunnar and Svensson, Svante and Bjoerneholm, Olle and Eberhardt, Wolfgang}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4-6}},
  pages        = {{540--542}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Chemical Physics Letters}},
  title        = {{An electronic signature of hydrolysation in the X-ray absorption spectrum of aqueous formaldehyde}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.06.043}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.cplett.2008.06.043}},
  volume       = {{460}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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