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Luminol and Related Compounds

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Chemiluminescence in Organic Chemistry

Part of the book series: Reactivity and Structure: Concepts in Organic Chemistry ((REACTIVITY,volume 23))

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The chemiluminescence of luminol and the cyclic hydrazides of aromatic and heterocyclic acids is one of the “classical” and perhaps still most studied of chemiluminescence reactions [1–6]. The mechanism is much more complicated than that of the more recently discovered dioxetans (Chap. V). It is therefore perhaps not surprising that the latter have attracted a far greater amount of research effort in recent times since the excitation step in dioxetan chemiluminescence offers a more acceptable interpretation of experimental results.

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Gundermann, KD., McCapra, F. (1987). Luminol and Related Compounds. In: Chemiluminescence in Organic Chemistry. Reactivity and Structure: Concepts in Organic Chemistry, vol 23. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71645-4_7

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