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lucigenin
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Lucigenin is an aromatic compound used in areas which include chemiluminescence. Its chemical name is bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate. It exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C28H22N4O6
- Molecular weight
- 510.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 10-methyl-9-(10-methylacridin-10-ium-9-yl)acridin-10-ium dinitrate
- SMILES
- C[N+]1=C2C=CC=CC2=C(C3=CC=CC=C31)C4=C5C=CC=CC5=[N+](C6=CC=CC=C64)C.[N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[N+](=O)([O-])[O-]
- InChIKey
- KNJDBYZZKAZQNG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 134 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
1,888 papers- Dithiothreitol-Lucigenin Chemiluminescent System for Ultrasensitive Dithiothreitol and Superoxide Dismutase Detection.Analytical chemistry · 2022
- Luminol and lucigenin as detectors for O2.-.Free radical biology & medicine · 1993
- Lucigenin-pyrogallol chemiluminescence for the multiple detection of pyrogallol, cobalt ion, and tyrosinase.Journal of food and drug analysis · 2021
- Lucigenin-derived chemiluminescence in intact isolated mitochondria.Biochemistry. Biokhimiia · 2002
- Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate assay based on lucigenin chemiluminescence.Mikrochimica acta · 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 510.153934
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- chemical formula
- C₂₈H₂₂N₄O₆
- canonical SMILES
- C[N+]1=C2C=CC=CC2=C(C3=CC=CC=C31)C4=C5C=CC=CC5=[N+](C6=CC=CC=C64)C.[N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[N+](=O)([O-])[O-]
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Synthesis
- References
Lucigenin is an aromatic compound used in areas which include chemiluminescence. Its chemical name is bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate. It exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.
It is used as a probe for superoxide anion in biology, for its chemiluminescent properties.
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