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679. DE HEMPTINNE, A. [Synthesis of Organic Compounds by Means of the Dark Electric Discharge.] Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg. (3), vol. 34, pp. 269-277; Jour. Chem. Soc., vol. 1, 1898, p. 461; Chem. Zentralb., 1897, II, p. 1044.

When mixtures of CO and H₂ are subjected to the silent electric discharge, CH₂O and its polymers are produced. CO and CH₄ yield an aldehydic substance and CO and C₂H₆ form a ketone and an aldehyde.