Electrochemiluminescence determination of 2', 6'-difluorophenyl 10-methylacridan-9-carboxylate

…, H Akhavan-Tafti, R DeSilva, AP Schaap

Index: Akhavan-Tafti, Hashem; Desilva, Renuka; Arghavani, Zahra; Eickholt, Robert A.; Handley, Richard S.; Schoenfelner, Barry A.; Sugioka, Katsuaki; Sugioka, Yumiko; Paul Schaap Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1998 , vol. 63, # 4 p. 930 - 937

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Abstract

Electrochemical oxidation of the acridan 2', 6'-difluorophenyl 10-methylacridan-9- carboxylate produces the corresponding acridinium ester, which reacts with hydrogen peroxide forming a dioxetanone intermediate. Decomposition of the dioxetanone generates light at 430 nm when it relaxes to the ground state. The effect of pH and hydrogen peroxide concentration on this ECL reaction and on the stability of the acridan were investigated. At ...