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Amino acid-sensitive reagents with coumarin moiety for latent prints examination

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New ninhydrin derivatives were designed for the development of latent fingerprints on paper surfaces. The target compounds combine the selectivity of an amino acid-sensitive reagent with the variability of spectral characteristics of a fluorescent probe. These ninhydrin analogues, 2,2-dihydroxy-5-(2-oxo-2H-chromen-4-yloxy)-2H-indane-1,3-diones, prepared by multistep synthesis show enhanced fluorogenic properties compared with the commonly used ninhydrin. These types of derivatives can be potentially used for development of the latent prints on the dark surfaces, because their ninhydrin reaction products provide fluorescent prints under the UV light. The prints developed using these compounds are stable, visible and do not vanish from paper for a relatively long time (5 months).

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This publication is the result of the project implementation: Centre of Excellence in Security Research supported by the Research and Development Operational Programme funded by the ERDF. Grant Number: ITMS 26240120034.

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  1. Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Ilkovičova 6, Bratislava, 842 15, Slovakia

    Jan Gašpar, Hana Janeková, Anton Gáplovský & Henrieta Stankovičová

  2. Institute of Forensic Science, Presidium of the Police Force, Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic, Sklabinská, Bratislava 35, 812 72, Slovakia

    Zuzana Némethová

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Gašpar, J., Némethová, Z., Janeková, H. et al. Amino acid-sensitive reagents with coumarin moiety for latent prints examination. Monatsh Chem 149, 1787–1794 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-018-2260-5

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