Ninhydrin

• Formula: C₉H₆O₄
• Molecular weight: 178.1415
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C9H6O4/c10-7-5-3-1-2-4-6(5)8(11)9(7,12)13/h1-4,12-13H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FEMOMIGRRWSMCU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 485-47-2
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• Other names: 1H-Indene-1,3(2H)-dione, 2,2-dihydroxy-; 1,3-Indandione, 2,2-dihydroxy-; Ningidrin; Ninhydrin hydrate; Triketohydrindene hydrate; 2,2-Dihydroxy-1,3-indandione; 2,2-Dihydroxy-1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione; 1,2,3-Indantrione, 2-hydrate; 1,2,3-Indantrione monohydrate; 1H-Indene-1,2,3-trione, 2-hydrate; indan-1,2,3-trione
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IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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References

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Carmack and Balis., 1950
Carmack, M.; Balis., M.E., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 844. [all data]

Notes

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