title: A new reaction between common compounds: lead oxide reacts with formaldehyde.
abstract: We show here a new reaction between lead(II) oxide and formaldehyde aqueous solution, which has been overlooked all along. The special structure of the new substance (PbCH2O2) and the DFT calculations suggest a diol-mechanism, which not only informs people about the corrosive nature of HCHO toward Pb and PbO, but also leads us to discover some new reactions between a variety of vicinal diol-type molecules and PbO. The reaction is further highlighted because of its potential application in detection and treatment of formaldehyde-containing wastewaters.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Applied Chemistry of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. jfan@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shihui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Juanjuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hisayoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Xiurong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan