Issue 3, 1979

Possible mechanism for bacterial bioluminescence and luminol chemiluminescence

Abstract

The structures of the peroxides which react with flavinium salts with light emission, supported by a study of isotope effects, suggest an electron transfer mechanism with concomitant loss of a proton or H-atom; the mechanism may be applicable to the in vivo bacterial system and to luminol.

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1979, 114-117

Possible mechanism for bacterial bioluminescence and luminol chemiluminescence

F. McCapra and P. D. Lesson, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1979, 114 DOI: 10.1039/C39790000114

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