From Carbon Tetrachloride to Formate

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Medline reference
Lee CH, Lewis TA, Paszczynski A, Crawford RL. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1999) 261(3): 562-6.

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  Carbon Tetrachloride   
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            |  2e- + 2H2O
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            |  2H+ + 4Cl-
            v
         Formate
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