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Transient Spectroscopy of Ninhydrin¶

2003· article· en· W2156428046 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenuePhotochemistry and Photobiology · 2003
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicForensic Fingerprint Detection Methods
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Victoria
Fundersnot available
KeywordsKetylChemistryPhotochemistryFlash photolysisRadicalHydrogen atom abstractionProtonationRadical ionElectron paramagnetic resonanceTriplet stateNinhydrinHydroxylamineIonBenzophenoneOrganic chemistryKineticsReaction rate constantMolecule

Abstract

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The photochemistry of ninhydrin in benzene and water was studied by laser flash photolysis and electron paramagnetic resonance. Its photochemistry was shown to be dependent on the solvent. In benzene, a triplet excited state was observed, which underwent hydrogen abstraction reactions or reduction to the radical anion. In water, the radical anion of ninhydrin was formed within the laser pulse (15 ns) at neutral pH, whereas the neutral ketyl radical was formed by protonation of the radical anion at low pH. A pKa of 0.77 was determined for the protonation equilibrium. The formation of hydrindantin is proposed to occur through the dimerization of the ketyl radical or the radical anion (or both). In addition, ninhydrin was shown to be a poor precursor for the photogeneration of hydroxyl radicals.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.099
Threshold uncertainty score0.857

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

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Opus teacher head0.016
GPT teacher head0.319
Teacher spread0.302 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it