Chemiluminescence from reactions of electronegatively substituted aryl oxalates with hydrogen peroxide and fluorescent compounds

MM Rauhut, LJ Bollyky, BG Roberts…

Index: Rauhut,M.M. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1967 , vol. 89, p. 6515 - 6522

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Abstract

Abstract: Reactions of a series of oxalate esters with hydrogen peroxide and fluorescent compounds were examined for chemiluminescent light emission. Electronegatively substituted aryl oxalate esters were found capable of generating light with high efficiency; a quantum yield of 0.23 einstein mole-'was obtained from bis (2+ dinitrophenyl) oxalate, hydrogen peroxide, and rubrene. Comparison of chemiluminescence with fluorescence ...