Patent ID: 6414152
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: C07D,G01N,G03G

Abstract:
A chemiluminescent labelling compound for use in the labelling of a substance of biological interest, said compound being capable of undergoing a light emitting reaction in the presence of a dilute solution of sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide, said labelling compound comprising an acridinium carbonyl moiety with the carbonyl being formed at the 9-position of the acridinium portion of said acridinium carbonyl moiety and an aryl moiety being indirectly attached to the carbonyl portion of said acridinium carbonyl moiety in a manner which enables said light emitting reaction to occur, and said aryl moiety having a reactive group attached directly or indirectly thereto selected from the group consisting of: wherein R6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and aryl, and Y is a halide, andâ€”azideâ€ƒâ€ƒ(e).