Deuterated solvents are a group of compounds where one or more

hydrogen Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is the lightest element. At standard conditions hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula . It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-to ...

atoms are substituted by

deuterium Deuterium (or hydrogen-2, symbol or deuterium, also known as heavy hydrogen) is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen (the other being protium, or hydrogen-1). The nucleus of a deuterium atom, called a deuteron, contains one proton and one ...

atoms. These compounds are often used in

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, most commonly known as NMR spectroscopy or magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), is a spectroscopic technique to observe local magnetic fields around atomic nuclei. The sample is placed in a magnetic fie ...

Examples

* Heavy water * Deuterated acetone * Deuterated benzene * Deuterated chloroform * Deuterated dichloromethane * Deuterated DMF * Deuterated DMSO * Deuterated ethanol * Deuterated methanol * Deuterated THF

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