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KONINKLIJKE/SHELL-LABORATORIUM, AMSTERDAMCertain metal ions, in particular Cozt, Ni2+ and Cu*+ were found to increase the yield of formaldehyde a t the expense of glycol during the radiolysis of methanol. The activities of the divalent first-row transition metal ions correlate strikingly with the effect of these metal ions upon the quenching of triplet anthracene as measured by Linschitz and Pekkarinen.Both effects are ascribed to rapid complex formation between the metal ions and the C H 2OH radicals or triplet anthracene.