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Preferred IUPAC name
N-[3-Benzyl-5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazin-2-yl]-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide | |
Other names
Coelenteramide
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JSmol)
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PubChem
CID
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EPA)
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Properties | |
C25H21N3O3 | |
Molar mass | 411.461 g·mol−1 |
Density | 1.26 g/cm3 |
Absorbance | ε332.5 = 15000 M−1 cm−1 (methanol) [1] |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Coelenteramide is the oxidized product, or oxyluciferin, of the bioluminescent reactions in many marine organisms that use coelenterazine. It was first isolated as a blue fluorescent protein from Aequorea victoria after the animals were stimulated to emit light. [2] Under basic conditions, the compound will break down further into coelenteramine and 4-hydroxy phenylacetic acid.
It is an aminopyrazine. [3]