luminoln.
/ˈl(j)uːmɪnɒl/ Chemistry.
A pale yellow crystalline bicyclic hydrazide, C8H7N3O2, which gives a blue luminescence when oxidized in alkaline solution and is used in the determination of oxidizing agents and metal ions.
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maleic hydrazide1949
1934 E. H. Huntress et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LVI. 241/1 It is the purpose of the present note to offer an improved method for the synthesis of this material [sc. 3-aminophthalhydrazide], which in the interest of simplicity we have long referred to as ‘Luminol’.
1965 Analyt. Biochem. 12 309 This assay [for hematin iron] is based on the luminescence of alkaline luminol in the presence of hematin iron and hydrogen peroxide.
1970 R. P. Wayne Photochem. iv. 120 The oxidation of luminol..in alkaline solution by ferricyanide..is one of the best-known chemiluminescent reactions.
1974 Nature 25 Jan. 193/2 Using a 60Co-γ-source, irradiated saccharides give a bright blue light (≈4,460 Å) when they are dissolved in luminol solution.
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