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Ultrasensitive spectral sensing of CH3OH in CD3OD via transesterification
Chuan Chen1, Qing-Yun Zhong2, Shuai-Bing Li2
1Innovation Center for Enzyme Catalysis and Drug Synthesis, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, 361023, China. cc@xmmc.edu.cn.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
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Herein, we report a transesterification-based spectroscopic method for distinguishing CD3OD from CH3OH and quantifying ultralow levels of CH3OH in CD3OD with a limit of detection of 0.01% (v/v), operating under mild conditions.
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