Deuterated methanol explained

Deuterated methanol (CD₃OD), is a form (called an isotopologue) of methanol (CH₃OH) in which the hydrogen atoms ("H") are replaced with deuterium (heavy hydrogen) isotope ("D").^[1] Deuterated methanol is a common solvent used in NMR spectroscopy.

Deuterated methanol was first detected in interstellar space was Orion-KL in 1988 by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Bizzocchi . L. . Caselli . P. . Spezzano . S. . Leonardo . E. . 2014-09-01 . Deuterated methanol in the pre-stellar core L1544 . Astronomy & Astrophysics . en . 569 . A27 . 10.1051/0004-6361/201423858 . 0004-6361. free . 1408.2491 . 2014A&A...569A..27B .
2. Mauersberger . R. . Henkel . C. . Jacq . T. . Walmsley . C. M. . 1988-04-01 . Deuterated methanol in Orion. . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 194 . L1–L4 . 1988A&A...194L...1M . 0004-6361.