| CPC C07D 219/06 (2013.01) [C09K 11/07 (2013.01); F21K 2/06 (2013.01); G01N 21/76 (2013.01); G01N 33/543 (2013.01); G01N 33/582 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |

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1. An acridinium compound having the structure:
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R1 is a methyl or sulfopropyl group;
R2a is alkylene or arylene,
R3a is alkyl or aryl,
G is, at both occurrences, a branched group selected from:
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R12 is selected from the group consisting of
(1) —OH;
(2) —O—N-succinimidyl;
(3) —NH—(CH2)5—C(O)—O—N-succinimidyl;
(4) —NH—(CH2)5—COOH;
(5) —NH—(C2H4O)p—C2H4NH—C(O)—(CH2)3—C(O)—O—N—R″ wherein p=1 to 5; and
where R″ is hydrogen or —N-succinimidyl; and
(6) —NH—(C2H4O)q—C2H4NH2, wherein q=1 to 5.
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