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Published on: September 16, 2014
Study of a lanthanide fluorescence system with a coupled reaction based on hemin catalysis
Abstract:
The oxidation reactions of three substrates, p-hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA), p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, and p-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid, with H2O2 catalysed by hemin were studied. It was significant that only the oxidation product of HBA, di-p,p'-hydroxybenzoic acid, forms a long-lived fluorescent complex with Tb3+. The three substrates themselves do not form fluorescent complexes with Tb3+ although they have chemical structural similarities. Based on this, a novel lanthanide fluorescence system with a coupled reaction was developed. The possible reactive mechanism is discussed. HBA was concluded to be well suited to several types of application from hemin determination to bovine serum albumin labeling.
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