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In O-chem, what does the reagent D2O stand for.

 

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In O-chem, what does the reagent D2O stand for.

the D stands for deuterium. deuterium is a "heavy" hydrogen, an isotope of hydrogen having 1 proton AND 1 neutron. so what you have there as D2O is "heavy" water.