When a dilute solution of acetaldehyde in D2O containing NaOD is shaken, explain why the methyl hydro-gens are exchanged with deuterium but the hydrogen attached to the carbonyl carbon is not. −ODD2O CH3CHO CD3CH

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When a dilute solution of acetaldehyde in D2O containing NaOD is shaken, explain why the methyl hydro-
gens are exchanged with deuterium but the hydrogen attached to the carbonyl carbon is not.

−OD
D2O CH3
C
H
O

CD3
C
H

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