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Chemi- and Bioluminescence of Firefly Luciferin
White, Emil H.,Steinmetz, Mark G.,Miano, Jeffrey D.,Wildes, Peter D.,Morland, Robert
, p. 3199 - 3208 (1980)
Chemiluminescence of ethoxyvinyl ester of 5,5-dimethylluciferin (3b) with base and 18O2 gave carbon dioxide in 39percent yield enriched with 57-83percent of 18O.The corresponding experiment with luciferin (3a) gave carbon dioxide in 20percent yield with 7
