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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.
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Luminol is a chemical compound with the formula C₈H₇N₃O₂. Its IUPAC name is 5-amino-2,3-dihydrophthalazine-1,4-dione. The substance has a melting point of 328 and a mass of 177.054. It possesses a charge of 0, with three hydrogen bond donors and three hydrogen bond acceptors. The calculated xlogp value is 0.3, and the topological polar surface area is 84.2.
The compound has a PubChem weight of 177.16. A search for luminol in PubMed yields a count of 6451 entries. The subject is referenced by 79 other encyclopedia articles.
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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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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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