US Patent 7154007 Luminous compounds and labeling reagents using the same

This invention provides: a compound represented by formula (I):R—Y—(—X-Phe-COCH2COCnF2n+1)m   (I)wherein R denotes hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, or a group capable of binding to a protein, peptide, amino acid, nucleic acid, or nucleotide; Y denotes CH2, a carbocyclic ring, or a heterocyclic ring; X denotes O, S, NH, CH2, OCH2, CONH, or NHCO; Phe denotes phenylene; n is an integer between 1 and 5; and m is 1, 2, or 3. This inventions also provides a luminous complex of such compound and a rare earth ion, a labeling reagent comprising such compound or luminous complex, and a process for labeling a protein, peptide, amino acid, nucleic acid, or nucleotide using such labeling reagent.