The H/D exchange reaction and the rotational dynamics of heavy water (D
2O) are studied at 50
C in theionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([bmim][Cl]), in the [D
2O] range of 3-55 M. The initialH/D exchange rates are observed as 1.0 × 10
-7, 4.5 × 10
-6, 1.0 × 10
-5, 4.1 × 10
-5, 1.1 × 10
-4, and 3.7 ×10
-4 s
-1, respectively, at [D
2O] of 2.8, 7.1, 8.1, 11, 15, and 25 M. The rate is very slow and less than 10
-5s
-1 at [D
2O] below ~7 M. It steeply increases to the order of 10
-4 s
-1 for 7 M < [D
2O] < 10 M, and linearlyincreases with [D
2O] in the more water-rich region. The intercept of the linear region at [D
2O] = ~9 M isinterpreted by considering that each chloride anion deactivates 1.6 equiv water molecules due to the strongsolvation. Correspondingly, the rotational correlation time of D
2O at [D
2O] < 7 M is 1 order of magnitudelarger than that in water-rich conditions.