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Synthesis of 1,2-dioxetanes

US4956477A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 1989
Grant dateSep 11, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C2603/74
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Compounds having the formula: ##STR1## wherein T is a polycycloalkylidene group (e.g., adamant-2-ylidene); R is a C.sub.1-20 alkyl, aralkyl or cycloalkyl group; and Y is a fluorescent chromophore (e.g., m-phenylene), produced by reacting a compound having the formula: ##STR2## with an R-ylating agent (e.g., R.sub.2 SO.sub.4) in the presence of an alkali metal alkoxide in a polar aprotic solvent. Also, compounds having the formula: ##STR3## are produced by reacting a compound having the formula: ##STR4## wherein X is an electronegative leaving group (e.g., a halogen anion such as chloride ion) in the presence of a Lewis base (e.g., a trialkyl-amine) dissolved in an aprotic organic solvent (e.g., benzene or toluene). Also, compounds having the formula ##STR5## are produced by reacting a compound of the formula ##STR6## with a tetra-O-acylated-O-hexopyranoside halide, then hydrolyzing off the protective acyl groups. The aforementioned compounds and procedures are useful in the synthesis of enzyme-cleavable 1,2-dioxetane ring systems that can serve as members of a binding pair employed, for example, in chemiluminescent immunoassays, DNA probe assays, and direct assays for an enzyme.

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