• British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Deuterochloroform
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Deuterochloroform (2H)-Chloroform, chloroform-d; CDCl3 = 120.4 (865-49-6)

Degree of deuteration, minimum 99.7%.

Clear, colourless liquid, practically insoluble in water, miscible with acetone and with ethanol (96%). It may be stabilised over silver foil.

bp2013_v5_47_1003_[appendix_i_a]_d_ep7-7_ep_revised_texts d_20_20.png, about 1.51; bp2013_v5_47_1003_[appendix_i_a]_d_ep7-7_ep_revised_texts n_20_d.png, about 1.445; boiling point, about 60°.

Water and deuterium oxide Maximum 0.05%.