The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Thermolysis of 4-methyl-4-phenylmalonyl peroxide: a new oxygen dependent chemiluminescent reaction

JE Porter, GB Schuster

Index: Porter, Judith E.; Schuster, Gary B. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1983 , vol. 48, # 25 p. 4944 - 4947

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Abstract

Thermolysis of 4-methyl-4-phenylmalonyl peroxide in acetonitrile is accelerated by electron donors, such as perylene. When both the perylene and oxygen are present in solution, the reaction gives acetophenone and a small amount of light. Investigation of the mechanism of light generation reveals that it involves formation and fragmentation of a tetraoxide. The chemically initiated electron-exchange luminescence mechanism appears to be ...