Patent ID: 6316607
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: C07D,C07F,C07H,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
A composition of matter having the structure:X--Y--Zwherein X comprises one or more nucleotides which may be the same or not the same, one or more amino acids which may be the same or not the same, an antibody, an analyte of interest or an analogue of an analyte of interest;Y comprises a linker group attached to X and Z; andZ is a bound form of a compound selected from the group consisting of: ##STR38## ##STR39## ##STR40##wherein R is an anion, m and n are each integers greater than or equal to one, which may be the same or different, and Z represents an electrochemiluminescent chemical moiety attached to X through a reaction product of a reaction between X and a moiety of Z selected from the group consisting of the aldehyde of compound I, the carboxylic acid of compound II, the amine of compound III, the alkyl bromide of compound IV, the acetal of compound V, the acetal of compound VI, and the succinimide of compound VII.