Abstract
WE have already reported1 that the coloured product of the Sakaguchi reaction2 (between arginine and α-naphthol) behaves as a typical acid-base indicator, being red in alkali and yellow3 in acid. It has now been found that the compound behaves as an oxidation-reduction indicator also.
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BHATTACHARYA, K. The Coloured Product of the Sakaguchi Reaction. Nature 184, 53 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184053a0
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