Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Deuterium (
2
H; D)
: An
isotope
of hydrogen whose nucleus contains one
proton
and one neutron. Commonly abbreviated as D (for example in D
2
O), which should not be confused with
D
(smaller case letter).
same as
Related terms:
1
H
,
1
H-NMR
,
H-NMR
,
proton NMR
,
3
H
,
tritium
,
12
C
,
carbon-12
,
13
C
,
carbon-13
,
13
C-NMR
,
C-NMR
,
carbon NMR
,
14
C
,
carbon-14
,
mass spectrometry
,
molecular ion
,
M
,
M+1
,
M+2
,
m/z
,
nominal mass
,
exact mass
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