SOME OBSERVATIONS OF THE REACTION OF SCHIFF REAGENT WITH ALDEHYDES
Author(s) -
Tibor Barka,
L. S. Ornstein
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1551-5044
pISSN - 0022-1554
DOI - 10.1177/8.3.208
Subject(s) - reagent , chemistry , feulgen stain , formaldehyde , aldehyde , chromatography , absorption (acoustics) , schiff base , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , biochemistry , materials science , catalysis , dna , composite material
From the reaction mixture of Schiff reagent and formaldehyde 3 to 6 (sometimes even 7) compounds can be separated on paper chromatogram. The Rf values of these compounds range from .09 to .74 and the absorption maxima from 535 to 574 mµ. The formation of these compounds is influenced by at least two factors: the SO 2 -content of the Schiff reagent and the molar ratio of aldehyde to Schiff reagent. Saturation of the Schiff reagent with SO 2 influences the hue of Feulgen stained nuclei and reduces the variation in Feulgen microspectrophotometry.
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