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luminol
Sign in to saveLuminol (C8H7N3O2) is a chemical that exhibits chemiluminescence, with a blue glow, when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent. Luminol is a white-to-pale-yellow crystalline solid that is soluble in most polar organic solvents but insoluble in water.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H7N3O2
- Molecular weight
- 177.16 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 5-amino-2,3-dihydrophthalazine-1,4-dione
- SMILES
- C1=CC2=C(C(=C1)N)C(=O)NNC2=O
- InChIKey
- HWYHZTIRURJOHG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.3
- Polar surface area
- 84.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 3
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
6,451 papers- Luminol-based chemiluminescent signals: clinical and non-clinical application and future uses.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2014
- What do we measure by a luminol-dependent chemiluminescence of phagocytes?Free radical biology & medicine · 1989
- Luminol and lucigenin as detectors for O2.-.Free radical biology & medicine · 1993
- Peroxynitrite-induced luminol chemiluminescence.The Biochemical journal · 1993
- Luminol-hydrogen peroxide-horseradish peroxidase chemiluminescence intensification by kosmotrope ammonium sulfate.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 177.054
- Image
- Luminol2006.jpg
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- melting point
- 328
- chemical formula
- C₈H₇N₃O₂
- Commons category
- Luminol
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC2=C(C(=C1)N)C(=O)NNC2=O
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Synthesis
- Chemiluminescence
- Use in criminal investigation
- History
- Theory
- Drawbacks
- Related molecules
- See also
- References
- External links
Luminol (C8H7N3O2) is a chemical that exhibits chemiluminescence, with a blue glow, when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent. Luminol is a white-to-pale-yellow crystalline solid that is soluble in most polar organic solvents but insoluble in water.
Forensic investigators use luminol to detect trace amounts of blood at crime scenes, as it reacts with the iron in hemoglobin. Biologists use it in cellular assays to detect copper, iron, and cyanides as well as specific proteins via western blotting.