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WHEN a hydrocarbon with N equivalent, exchangeable hydrogen atoms is subjected to protium–deuterium exchange, molecules with 0, 1, . .j. . N deuterium atoms are formed, which we shall denote by … Dj. . and their fractions by … dj … Neglecting isotope effects, the average degree of deuteration σ, expressed by : 
which changes according to the exponential rate law for exchange1,2.
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BOLDER, H., DALLINGA, G. & KLOOSTERZIEL, H. Kinetics of Isotope Redistribution Reactions. Nature 200, 1316–1317 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001316a0
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