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Offline JuliaLouttit

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Writing convention for deuterated solvents
« on: May 18, 2018, 07:07:09 AM »
Hi all,

I've stumbled on a problem: I'd like to confirm that deuterated solvents should be written with subscript numbers and italicized Ds, when this follows the solvent name (e.g methanol-d4), but while trying to find a definitive authority on this, I come up blank. I can't find recommendations in IUPAC books etc. Can anyone offer assistance here, even to point to an authoritative source on writing conventions? Thank you in advance!  :)

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Re: Writing convention for deuterated solvents
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2018, 09:14:47 AM »
Although I can be wrong, that particular nomenclature may be archaic, or an older convention, or a localized thing because the printer couldn't handle it any other way.

I have not scoured this particular reference thoroughly, but it seems to me, that IUPAC nomenclature requires identifying the atom, even for deuterium.

ref: http://www.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/sectionH/H2.html#2
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Re: Writing convention for deuterated solvents
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2018, 09:22:44 AM »
I've seen it this way, as well as with the d4 label at the start.

Having said that, Fulmer et al, Organometallics, 2010, 29, 2176-9 (doi: 10.1021/om100106e) uses your convention.

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Re: Writing convention for deuterated solvents
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2018, 05:24:25 PM »
I would follow JACS usage, which presumably is strictly IUPAC.

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Re: Writing convention for deuterated solvents
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2018, 05:31:49 PM »
Quick Google search reveals,

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Methanol-d4

Perdeuteromethanol (Methanol-d4) gives trideuterio(deuteriooxy)methane as IUPAC name.

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