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Why is a deuterated solvent used rather than the ordinary one?

  • A.Because ordinary solvents damage the superconducting magnet
  • B.Because deuterium shifts the analyte peaks into a clearer region
  • C.To avoid a huge solvent peak and to provide the lock
  • D.Because deuterium dissolves organic compounds better

Answer: C

Two reasons run together: a protonated solvent would swamp the analyte with a signal thousands of times larger, and the deuterium resonance is what the lock channel follows. Deuterated and ordinary solvents dissolve compounds equally well, since the chemistry is unchanged, and no solvent threatens the magnet, which never touches the sample. The analyte shifts hardly at all. Residual protonated solvent still gives a small peak at a known position, and those residual peak positions are tabulated precisely so they can be recognised and ignored.

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