Analyse isotopique de mélanges d'éthanols deutériés C2H5-nDnOH

The qualitative and quantitative isotopic analysis of mixtures of nuclear isomers of ethanol C₂H_5–nD_nOH is described. The samples are obtained by reduction reactions and in each of them an isomer is markedly predominant. After a mass spectrometric determination of the amount of isotopic species with the same overall deuteration, these species are identified by proton and deuteron NMR, by combining the spectral schemes of all the isomers which can be assumed until agreement is reached with experimental spectra; isotope effect on δ is taken into account. The importance of the isotopic varieties are then determined by integrating some characteristic lines, with variable accuacy. For each sample, the total intensities of methyl and methylene signals are also compared in proton and deuteron resonance. By elevating the temperature of the sample, one can see the fine structure of a methylene signal broadened by the deuteron quadrupole relaxation.