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Intermediates and Competing Reactions in the Photodestruction of Indoleacetic Acid

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  1. R F values in isopropanol: 28 per cent ammonia: water, 10 : 1 : 1 (cf. Stowe, B. B., and Thimann, K. V., Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 51, 499; 1954): indole-3-acetic acid, 0.26; M′, 0.38; Ehrlichand 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine-positive product of indole-3-acetic acid photodestruction, 0.74; indolealdehyde, 0.75; indoleglycolic acid, 0.18; indoleglyoxylic acid, 0.25.

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RAY, P., CURRY, G. Intermediates and Competing Reactions in the Photodestruction of Indoleacetic Acid. Nature 181, 895–896 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181895a0

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