Acetonitrile
was purchased from PHARMCO-AAPER
(Brookfield, CT, USA).
Formic acid (88%),
barium hydroxide, and calcium
oxide were purchased from Fisher Scientific (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA).
Metal magnesium turnings,
lithium hydroxide,
potassium hydroxide,
sodium formate,
rubidium chloride,
cesium carbonate,
gallium metal,
indium metal, thallium(III) acetate, lead(II) carbonate, antimony(III)
oxide, and
Formic acid-
d2 (95 wt % in
D
2O, 98 atom % D) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Saint
Louis, MO, USA). Strontium carbonate was obtained from J.T. Baker
(Avantor, Center Valley, PA). H
218O was purchased
from Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (Cambridge, MA). All chemicals
were used without further purification.
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