@article { author = {Adjibodéa, Steeve M. and Kasséhin, Urbain C. and Gbaguidi, Fernand A. and Poupaert, Jacques H.}, title = {Synthesis of icosadeuterio-benzopinacol (benzopinacol-d20)}, journal = {Journal of Medicinal and Chemical Sciences}, volume = {3}, number = {1}, pages = {35-40}, year = {2020}, publisher = {Sami Publishing Company (SPC)}, issn = {2651-4702}, eissn = {2651-4702}, doi = {10.26655/JMCHEMSCI.2020.1.4}, abstract = {This work reports on synthesis of high yield (92%) of isosadeuterio-benzopinacol (benzopinacol-d20) via photo-reductive dimerization of benzophenone-d10. The latter compound was obtained using an improved method to achieve a material with high isotopic purity (> 99%). This material can be served for calibration of Mass spectrometric assays. In this study, it was also observed that benzophenone-d10 reacts faster than its natural abundance counterpart. However, elucidating the origin of this phenomenon will require additional work.}, keywords = {benzopinacol-d20,benzophenone-d10,dimerization,photo-reductive}, url = {https://www.jmchemsci.com/article_89436.html}, eprint = {https://www.jmchemsci.com/article_89436_d912ed32a68d6d04084eea35d2454356.pdf} }