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Chemical Reaction — Definition & Overview

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The image below shows the chemical reaction forming lophine ( $C_{21}H_{16}N_2$ ). Lophine is a chemiluminescent molecule, which means that it lights up in the presence of certain chemicals. Specifically, in the presence of oxygen, lophine glows yellow.

Lophine

Image source: By Adam001d at Polish Wikipedia CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What type of reaction is the formation of lophine?