Synthesis and spectral properties of 2-(6′-hydroxybenzothiazol-2′-yl)-4-hydroxythiazole, a possible emitting species in the firefly bioluminescence

Firefly bioluminescence II. Identificati

Firefly bioluminescence II. Identification of 2-(6′-hydroxybenzothiazol-2′-yl)-4-hydroxythiazole as a product in the bioluminescence of firefly lanterns and as a product in the chemiluminescence of firefly luciferin in DMSO

✍ Nobutaka Suzuki; Toshio Goto 📂 Article 📅 1971 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 French ⚖ 189 KB

2-(6'-Hydroxybenzothiazo1-2'-yl)-4-hydroxythiazole (firefly oxyluciferin) (III) has been suggested as the emitter in the firefly bioluminescence and also in the chemiluminescence of firefly luciferin (I) in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) from the consideration of the proposed reaction mechanism, which in