EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING LIGHT CAPACITY OF A HIGH-INTENSITY PEROXYOXALATE CHEMILUMINESCENCE SYSTEM

A high-light capacity chemiluminescence system produced by the oxidati on of bis(2-butoxycarbonyl-3,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate by hydrogen p eroxide in a suitable solvent in the presence of a fluorescent compoun d 9,10-diphenylanthracene was studied. The effects of stoichimetry and other variables affecting the chemiluminescent reaction and the amoun t of light output with respect to the light intensity and lime of illu mination were investigated and discussed. An optimum component formula tion for high-light capacity illumination was present. Under these con ditions, the chemiluminescence system allowed efficient illumination f or ca. 6 h. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.