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Properties of substance:

firefly luciferin



skc-file

Group of substances:

organic

Physical appearance:

pale yellow needles crystals

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

C11H8N2O3S2

Molar/atomic mass: 280.323

Decomposition temperature (°C):

189.5-190

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

acetone: soluble [Ref.]
dimethylformamide: soluble [Ref.]
ethyl acetate: soluble [Ref.]
methanol: soluble [Ref.]
water: sparingly soluble [Ref.]

Numerical data:

Year of discovery: 1957

References:

  1. White, E. H., McCapra, F., Field, G. F. The Structure and Synthesis of Firefly Luciferin / Journal of the American Chemical Society. - 1963. - Vol. 85, No. 3. - pp. 337-343 [DOI: 10.1021/ja00886a019]
  2. The Merck Index. - 11th ed. - Merck & Company, 1989. - pp. 639
  3. The Merck Index. - 15th ed. - Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013. - pp. 748-749

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