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Starting with the frequently used dye 2,6-dichloroindophenol some of the chemical properties of the quinonimide class of dyes are described. Consideration of the effects of completing a hetero-sixmembered ring, as in the azine, thiazine and oxazine classes, on the properties of the compounds is suggested as a lead towards the development of some redox indicators perhaps more desirable than the indophenols. This approach developed from a study of the Liebermann nitroso-reaction for phenols. Some properties of the redox indicators which resulted from that work are described in relation to energy transduction in the chloroplast.
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Hill, R. (1972). A Note on Some Old and Some Possible New Redox Indicators. In: Avery, J. (eds) Membrane Structure and Mechanisms of Biological Energy Transduction. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2016-6_26
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