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Offline cmquer

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Fluorescent quinine
« on: October 17, 2008, 09:05:59 PM »
Can anyone help to explain why quinine fluoresce?!

Does it relate to quinine's aromatic compounds?! ???
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Re: Fluorescent quinine
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2008, 10:12:27 PM »
Molecules with extended pi-conjugation often do fluoresce.
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