Journal of the American Chemical Society

Role of a peroxide intermediate in the chemiluminescence of luminol. A mechanistic study

G Merenyi, JS Lind

Index: Merenyi, Gabor; Lind, Johan S. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1980 , vol. 102, # 18 p. 5830 - 5835

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Citation Number: 130

Abstract

Abstract: By simultaneous generation of the luminol radical and the superoxide radical anion OF in an alkaline aqueous solution containing H 2 0 2 but no oxygen, it was possible to measure at different pH values the rate constant for the formation of the peroxide adduct. The rate constant for the decomposition of the adduct was also determined. The latter reaction is shown to be a rate-determing kinetic step in the production of the excited state. ...