Para-Nitrophenylphosphate

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Para-Nitrophenylphosphate

IUPAC name	(4-nitrophenyl) dihydrogen phosphate
Other names	pNPP
Identifiers
CAS number	33013-2
PubChem	378
SMILES	C1=CC(=CC=C1[N+](=O)[O-])OP(=O)(O)O
Properties
Molecular formula	C₆H₆NO₆P
Molar mass	219.088701
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para-Nitrophenylphosphate (pNPP) is a chromogenic substrate for acid and alkaline phosphatase in ELISA assays. Under their influence the decay to yellow para-nitrophenol is catalysed. This product can be measured with a 405 nm spectrophotometer.

$PNPP \overrightarrow{_{AP}} PNP$