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Chemiluminescence of Tricarbonyl(chloro)(1,10‐phenanthroline)rhenium( I ) during the Catalytic Decomposition of Tetralinyl Hydroperoxide
Author(s) -
Vogler Arnd,
Kunkely Horst
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198104691
Subject(s) - chemiluminescence , catalysis , decomposition , chemistry , rhenium , phenanthroline , photochemistry , boiling , photoluminescence , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , optoelectronics
What does the catalytic decomposition of hydroperoxides involve? On addition of the complex [Re(Phen)(CO) 3 Cl], (1) rapidly decomposes in boiling tetralin to (2) and water with emission of bright light. The spectrum of this chemiluminescence is identical with that of the photoluminescence of the pure complex. From this result and from intensity/concentration relationships it can be concluded that the Schuster mechanism of catalysis is involved.