Phenanthridine
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phenanthridine-176-1576024
title:
Phenanthridine
text:
Phenanthridine is a nitrogen heterocyclic compound that is the basis of DNA-binding fluorescent dyes through intercalation. Examples of such dyes are ethidium bromide and propidium iodide. It is an isomer of acridine. Phenanthridine was discovered by Amé Pictet and H. J. Ankersmit in 1891 by pyrolysis of the condensation product of benzaldehyde and aniline. In the Pictet–Hubert reaction (1899) the compound is formed in a reaction of the 2-aminobiphenyl – formaldehyde adduct with zinc chloride at
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wiki
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Chemical compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenanthridine
date created:
2008-03-30T23:20:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T14:11:32Z
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