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If you wanted to decrease the amount of formic acid relative to formate, what would you add to the solution?

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You will add a convenient organic solvent such as Acetone, Ethanol or methanol, according to Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, to decrease the amount of formic acid relative to formate.

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