PEROXYOXALATE CHEMI-LUMINESCENCE IN MICROEMULSIONS
PEROXYOXALATE CHEMI-LUMINESCENCE IN MICROEMULSIONS
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DOI:
10.1021/la00079a018
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发表时间:
1988-01-01
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影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
MCBEE, SES
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作者:
THOMPSON, RB;MCBEE, SES
Chemiluminescence technology is of growing importance in fields as diverse as clinical chemistry, analytical chem-istry, illumination, and aquatic safety. The most efficient chemiluminescent reaction not catalyzed by an enzyme is that of hydrogen peroxide with derivatives of oxalic acid, termed peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence. This reaction was first described by Chandross1 and studied in depth by Rauhut, Mohan, and their colleagues. 2 An outline of the reaction appears as Figure 1: the oxalate bis-ester 1 is oxidized by hydrogen peroxide to form the (putative) transient dioxetanedione intermediate2® 2, which then transfers its energy to a fluorescer, 3, which emits it as a photon. The details of the reaction remain unelucidated, although excitation of the fluorescer is probably via an electron-transfer process. 3 The quantum yield of the reaction ranges up to 35%, and the emission wavelength may be widely varied by choosing a suitable fluorescer. 4 Despite its efficiency and wide use for illumination, peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence has been little used for chemical analysis in comparison to luminol derivatives. 5 This is primarily due to the insolubility and lability of the oxalate derivatives (and fluorescers) in water or protic solvents. Seitz and his colleagues described their problems finding compatible solvents in creating a peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence flow injection analysis system for quantitating aqueous hydrogen peroxide. 5® Rauhut, Mo-han, and their collaborators obtained little improvement by performing the reaction in cyclohexane in water emulsions but obtained much betterresults by including a detergent above its critical micelle concentration25 or polymer additives (B. H. Baretz, personal communication). The American Cyanamide group has also synthesized ox-alate derivatives and fluorescers that are somewhat water