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Offline DesiNits

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Bromoethane->Deuterated ethane
« on: September 03, 2014, 07:26:10 AM »
Can bromoethane be converted to deuterated ethane by using NaBD4?

C2H5Br + NaBD4 -> C2H5D

If not, what are other methods to so?

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Re: Bromoethane->Deuterated ethane
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2014, 09:37:10 AM »
Do you know what Grignard reagents are?

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Re: Bromoethane->Deuterated ethane
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2014, 04:09:19 PM »
Really mono-deuteriated? Users often want deuterium everywhere.

Any chance with D2 and light? D2 and heat? LiD maybe (except that people will ask why you plan LiD...)?

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Re: Bromoethane->Deuterated ethane
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2014, 04:13:39 PM »
@OP, I don't think your reaction is likely to succeed, but there is a two-step synthesis that will do the trick.  If you write it out, one of us can critique it.

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Re: Bromoethane->Deuterated ethane
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2014, 03:11:21 AM »
Yes, I perfectly know what Grignard reagents are @Babcock_Hall
I wanted to know more. Thanks.

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Re: Bromoethane->Deuterated ethane
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2014, 08:42:06 AM »
@DesiNits
If you have not read forum rules already, please do so.
Just dumping answers is not typically done here.
I think you have been given 2 hints that will let you deduce some possible answers and thus learn.
« Last Edit: September 06, 2014, 08:56:17 AM by billnotgatez »

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Re: Bromoethane->Deuterated ethane
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2014, 09:57:50 AM »
Yes, I perfectly know what Grignard reagents are @Babcock_Hall
I wanted to know more. Thanks.
Let's see your proposed route then.

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