Lucifer yellow ethylenediamine is a polar tracer that can be coupled to aldehydes and ketones to form a Schiff base and can be reduced to a stable amine derivative by sodium borohydride (NaBH4) or sodium cyanoborohydride (NaCNH3).
Uses
Lucifer yellow ethylenediamine (LYen; PAsp- LY) is a polar tracer that can be coupled with aldehydes and ketones to form Schiff bases, which can be reduced to stable amine derivatives by sodium borohydride (NaBH4) or sodium cyanide borohydride (NaCNH3).