Effect of Water during the Quantitation of Formate in Photocatalytic Studies on CO₂ Reduction in Dimethylformamide

Abstract

The effect of the water concentration on the quantitation of formate from dimethylformamide in the presence of electron-donating bases using ion chromatography is reported. This observation has important implications in the area of the photocatalytic reduction of CO(2), where formate levels are often used to calculate catalyst turnover numbers.