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Tetrahedron Letters

Volume 35, Issue 44, 31 October 1994, Pages 8181-8184
Tetrahedron Letters

Synthesis of hydroperoxide via photooxygenation for a model aequorin bioluminescence

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Abstract

Unstable hydroperoxide of coelenterazine (Oplophorus luciferin) analog has been synthesized by the reaction of coelenterazine analog with polymer-bound Rose Bengal via photooxygenation. This compound may be a key intermediate model in the bioluminescence of aequorin and the chemiluminescence of coelenterazine.

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