Deuterated solvents are solvents that contain deuterium (D), a stable isotope of hydrogen, instead of the more common hydrogen-1 isotope (¹H). Deuterium has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus, which gives it distinct nuclear properties. This feature makes deuterated solvents particularly useful in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a technique commonly used in chemistry and biochemistry to analyze the structure of organic compounds.
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