| dinitrobenzenes | Benzene derivatives which are substituted with two nitro groups in the ortho, meta or para positions. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene | A reagent used to combine with the free NH2 group of the NH2-terminal amino acid residue in a peptide, thus marking this residue; the combined forms are known as DNP-proteins, Dnp-aminoacyl, etc., the fluorine having been replaced to leave a dinitrophenyl residue (DNP, Dnp, or N2Ph-) attached to the NH2 group. Synonym: Sanger's reagent. Acronym: FDNB (05 Mar 2000) |
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