The mechanism of the electrogenerated chemiluminescence of luminol in aqueous alkaline solution

The mechanism of the electrogenerated chemiluminescence of luminol in aqueous alkaline solution based on the rotating ring—disc electrode system is discussed. The disc electrode is maintained at a negative potential and the ring electrode at a symmetrically changing double-step potential. Hydrogen peroxide generated at the disc electrode by the reduction of oxygen is immediately transported to the ring electrode because of electrode rotation. Hydrogen peroxide and luminol are oxidized at the ring electrode during the positive pulse of the double-step potential. These oxidation processes generate a superoxide radical and a luminol radical as intermediates. The luminol radical reacts with the superoxide radical (or oxygen) emitting light.     

The mechanism of the cobalt(II)-catalyzed electro-generated chemiluminescence of luminol in aqueous alkaline solution

A rotating ring—disc electrode system is used where the disc electrode (carbon) is maintained at a negative potential to reduce oxygen to hydrogen peroxide, and a symmetric double-step potential is applied to the ring electrode (platinum). Cobalt(II) catalyzes the electrogenerated chemiluminescence of luminol at the ring electrode during the negative pulse of the double-step potential. A possible reaction scheme for this cobalt(II)-catalyzed emission process is outlined.     

CHEMICAL CHANGES LEADING TO CHEMILUMINESCENCE OF LUCIGENINE (DIMETHYLBIACRIDYLIUM NITRATE) AND OF SOME PHTHALAZINEDIONE DERIVATIVES

Abstract— Measurements of the redox potential of the chemiluminescent compound 10,10' dimethyl-9,9' biacridylium nitrate (-0.093 V) show that it is thermodynamically possible to reduce it with hydrogen peroxide or with ammonium hydroxide in alkaline solutions at equilibrium concentrations sufficiently high to account for the observed chemiluminescence. Reduction of the compound with ammonium hydroxide takes place much more slowly than the corresponding reaction with hydrogen peroxide so that when both redox couples (O₂/H₂O₂ and N₂H₄/NH₄OH) are present the hydrogen peroxide couple predominates if oxygen is supplied. It was shown that interference with the oxygen supply or its partial removal with nitrogen brings about an increase in chemiluminescence intensity in NH₄OH while increasing the concentration of oxygen diminished the intensity.
5-amino 2,3 phthalazine 1,4 dione (luminol) also appears to undergo a reduction following a two step oxidation. This is shown by the fact that when oxygen was supplied the chemiluminescence intensity was found to be directly proportional to the OH^- concentration while a typical titration curve with p K 11.7 is exhibited by the intensity when the oxygen supply is limited in mixtures of luminol and peroxydisulfate. The peroxide presumably arises in the first oxidation step. Amino peroxyphthalic anhydride is suggested as an intermediate which is reduced to the aminophthalate ion, the presumed emitter in the chemiluminescence.     

The dye-sensitized photo-oxidation chemiluminescence of luminol

Abstract— The chemiluminescence reaction of luminol has been investigated using conditions of methylene blue photosensitized oxidation. The quantum yields of chemiluminescence obtained were dependent upon temperature and the concentrations of luminol and base; and under the optimum conditions of high temperature and low luminol concentration, the value of the quantum yield approached that for the chemical reaction where the oxidant is hydrogen peroxide and catalyst. An analysis of the results suggests that it is not the primary species produced on photosensitization which is responsible for the chemiluminescent reaction, but a species produced by reaction of the primary species with base.     

The enhanced electrochemiluminescence of luminol on the nickel phthalocyanine modified electrode

A glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with nickel(II) tetrasulfophthalocyanine (NiTSPc) and Nafion was used for the investigation of the catalytic oxidation of luminol. The modified electrode was found to much more effectively improve the emission of electrochemiluminescence(ECL) of luminol in a solution containing hydrogen peroxide. The enhanced ECL signal corresponded to the catalytic oxidation of both luminol and H(2)O(2) by NiTSPc. Attached Ni(II) on GCE was oxidised to Ni(III) and then used as the catalyst for the chemiluminescence of luminol. The enhanced stability of the ECL signal with Nafion would mainly result from the prevention of the dissolution of NiTSPc and the adsorption of the oxidation product of luminol on the electrode surface. The proposed method enables a detection limit for luminal of 6.0 x 10(-8) mol L(-1) to be achieved in the presence of H(2)O(2) in the neutral solution. The enhanced ECL intensity had a linear relationship with the concentration of luminol in the range of 1.0 x 10(-7)-8.0 x 10(-6) mol L(-1).     

Immobilized and solid-state reagent systems for luminol chemiluminescence in flow systems

To facilitate the application of luminol chemiluminescence in analysis, several approaches are investigated to provide the reagents in immobilized or solid-state format. The approaches are demonstrated with flow injection systems. Luminol is covalently bound or adsorbed to the surface of small support particles and packed into flow-through reactor/detector cells. The catalyst can be either covalently immobilized heme-containing species or a positively-biased electrode in an electrochemical cell. Peroxide can be obtained electrochemically at a negatively-biased electrode. These immobilized reagent systems can be combined to yield single-channel flow systems for determination of hydrogen peroxide (0.15M detection limit) or luminol (0.1 nM detection limit).     

Hydrogen peroxide determination with luminol and a new catalyst

The Co(III)-triethanolamine complex is recommended as catalyst in the chemiluminescence determination of hydrogen peroxide with luminol.     

Peroxidase-catalysed luminol chemiluminescence method for the determination of glutathione

A luminol chemiluminescence (CL) method was developed for the determination of glutathione (GSH). GSH was indirectly determined by measuring the amount of hydrogen peroxide formed during the Cu(II)-catalysed oxidation of GSH with oxygen. The amount of hydrogen peroxide formed was continuously measured using the Arthromyces ramosus peroxidase-catalysed luminol CL reaction. The CL intensities at maximum light emission were linearly correlated with the concentration of GSH over the range 7.5 x 10(-7)-3.0 x 10(-5) M. The detection limit for GSH was about 10 times better than that of the spectrophotometric method using Ellman reagent.     

Selective flow-injection determination of methanol in the presence of ethanol based on a multi-enzyme system with chemiluminescence detection

A highly selective flow-injection system was developed for the determination of methanol. The system consisted of three immobilized enzymes with luminol chemiluminescence detection. First, methanol was oxidized in the presence of alcohol oxidase to yield formaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide produced was then destroyed by catalase. The formaldehyde formed in the first stage was further oxidized by NAD⁺-formaldehyde dehydrogenase. The NADH formed was oxidized by 1-methoxy-5-methylphenazinium methylsulphate (1-MPMS), and finally the reduced 1-MPMS was spontaneously oxidized and hydrogen peroxide was produced. The concentration of the hydrogen peroxide produced, which was proportional to the initial concentration of methanol, was determined by luminol chemiluminescence. The determination range was from 0.1 to 100 mg l⁻¹ and the response time was less than 2 min per sample with a relative standard deviation of less than 3%. The system showed good selectivity for methanol; the response was ca. 50 times higher than for ethanol.     

Intensification of electrochemiluminescence of luminol on TiO2 supported Au atomic cluster nano-hybrid modified electrode

With TiO(2) nanoparticles as carrier, a supported nano-material of Au atomic cluster/TiO(2) nano-hybrid was synthesized. It was then modified onto the surface of indium tin oxide (ITO) by Nafion to act as a working electrode for exciting the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of luminol. The properties of the nano-hybrid and the modified electrode were characterized by XRD, XPS, electronic microscopy, electrochemistry and spectroscopy. The experimental results demonstrated that the modification of this nano-hybrid onto the ITO electrode efficiently intensified the ECL of luminol. It was also revealed that the ECL intensity of luminol on this modified electrode showed very sensitive responses to oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. The detection limits for dissolved oxygen and hydrogen peroxide were 2 μg L(-1) and 5.5 × 10(-12) M, respectively. Besides the discussion of the intensifying mechanism of this nano-hybrid for ECL of luminol, the developed method was also applied for monitoring dissolved oxygen and evaluating the scavenging efficiency of reactive oxygen species of the Ganoderma lucidum spore.     

反相流动注射胶束增敏化学发光分析法测定硝苯地平

基于胶束介质中硝苯地平对碱性鲁米诺-过氧化氢化学发光体系的增敏作用,结合反相流动注射技术,建立了流动注射化学发光分析法测定硝苯地平的新方法.硝苯地平浓度在3.5×10-10～4.0×10-8 g·mL-1范围内时,化学发光强度与硝苯地平的浓度呈良好的线性关系,其相对标准偏差为1.4%(n=11,c=3.5×10-9 g...     

KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF CATALYSIS BY FERRIHAEMS IN THE CHEMILUMINOGENIC OXIDATION OF LUMINOL BY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE

The kinetics of catalysis by deuteroferrihaem (deuterohaemin) were studied in the chemiluminogenic oxidation of luminol by hydrogen peroxide. The results imply that two distinct catalytic mechanisms operate to yield chemiluminescence from excited aminophthalate emitter in this system. The first mechanism involves initial one-electron oxidation of luminol by an oxidised derivative of deuteroferrihaem with well-established peroxidatic oxidant properties. The second mechanism involves a concerted pathway very similar to that which has been proposed [Olsson, T., L. Ewetz and A. Thore (1983), Photochem. Photobiol. 38 , 223–229] to explain protoferrihaem (haemin) catalysis in luminol oxidation. Deuteroferrihaem is a much more effective catalyst than protoferrihaem on a mole-for-mole basis and could be used with advantage in chemiluminescence analyses.     

Potential-dependent chemiluminescence of luminol on the gold electrode modified with ferrocenylalkanethiol self-assembled monolayer

Self-assembled monolayer of ferrocenylundecanethiol (FcC11SH) on gold electrode was used for the potential-dependent catalyst for chemiluminescence of luminol. Ferrocene head groups adsorbed on gold were oxidized to ferricinium cation species electrochemically and catalyzed the chemiluminescence of luminol. As the redox state of ferrocene group can be regulated by electrode potential, chemiluminescence response can also be controlled electrochemically. The presented system was adopted for detection of glucose in the presence of glucose oxidase since the light emission was detected even in the neutral and weak acid solution.     

Development and characterization of a microfluidic glucose sensing system based on an enzymatic microreactor and chemiluminescence detection

Chemiluminescence detection was developed as an alternative to amperometric detection for glucose analysis in a portable, microfluidics-based continuous glucose monitoring system. Amperometric detection allows easy determination of hydrogen peroxide, a product of the glucose oxidase-catalyzed reaction of glucose with oxygen, by oxidation at a microelectrode. However, (micro)electrodes in direct contact with physiological sample are subject to electrode fouling, which leads to signal drift, decreased reproducibility and shortened detector lifetimes. Moreover, there are a few species present in the body (e.g. ascorbic acid, uric acid) which can undergo oxidation at the same applied potential as hydrogen peroxide. These species can thus interfere with the glucose measurement, reducing detection specificity. The rationale for exploring chemiluminescence as opposed to amperometric detection is thus to attempt to improve the lifetime and reproducibility of glucose analysis for monitoring purposes, while reducing interference caused by other chemicals in the body. The study reported here represents a first step in this direction, namely the realization of a microfluidic device with integrated silicon photodiode for chemiluminescence detection of glucose. This microflow device uses a chaotic mixing approach to perform enzymatic conversion of glucose, followed by reaction of the hydrogen peroxide produced with luminol to produce light at 425 nm. The chemiluminescence reaction is catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase in the presence of iodophenol. The performance of the fabricated chip was characterized to establish optimal reaction conditions with respect to sample and reagent flow rates, pH, and concentrations. A linear calibration curve was obtained for current response as a function of glucose concentration in the clinically relevant range between 2 and 10 mM, with a sensitivity of 39 pA/mM (R = 0.9963, one device, n = 3) and a limit of detection of 230 μM (S/N = 3).     

铜-有机配位体不饱和配合物的催化化学发光活性及其分析应用

铜(Ⅱ)离子与许多有机配位体组成饱和配合物后, 均导致铜(Ⅱ)在Luminol-H2O2和o-Phen-H2O2体系中催化化学发光活性的消失。本文首次发现, 当铜(Ⅱ)离子与某些有机配位体组成1:1不饱和配位化合物时, 它们非但不抑制化学发光,而且比铜(Ⅱ)离子具有更高的催化化学发光活性, 据此, 本文建立了用配合溶解Cu(OH)2, 流动注射化学发光技术测定氨基酸的新方法, 检测限均可达pmol级,比文献普遍使用的抑制化学发光法灵敏度高10~150倍, 线性范围达三个数量级,相对偏差在5.4%以下。     

Determination of chlorogenic acid and rutin in cigarettes by an improved capillary electrophoresis indirect chemiluminescence system

An improved capillary electrophoresis indirect chemiluminescence system was employed for the determination of chlorogenic acid and rutin in cigarette samples. After being separated by capillary electrophoresis, the analyte zones were determined by indirect chemiluminescence of luminol-potassium hexacyanoferrate. In this system, luminol was added into running buffer solution and introduced at the head of separation capillary, and potassium hexacyanoferrate was introduced at the end of the capillary. A high potential buffer reservoir was constructed from a running buffer cell and an electrode buffer one, which were jointed with a frit, in order to avoid luminol electrolysis in high potential reservoir and the excursion of chemiluminescence baseline. A low potential flow reservoir was used to prevent electrode buffer solution from the contamination of chemiluminescence waste. Therefore, the proposed capillary electrophoresis-chemiluminescence system can avoid the electrolysis of chemiluminescence reagent, retain the stability of chemiluminescence baseline and prolong the working time of running and electrode buffer solutions. In addition, the matrix of cigarette sample solutions has also an inhibitory effect on the chemiluminescence intensity in the indirect detection, whereas the influence was not observed in the separation of standard solutions. After the correction of matrix inhibition and the calibration with standard addition method, chlorogenic acid and rutin were determined in four cigarette samples by the improved capillary electrophoresis-chemiluminescence system.     

On-line monitoring of glucose and penicillin by sequential injection analysis

A sequential injection analysis (SIA) system has been developed for on-line monitoring of glucose and penicillin during cultivations of the filamentous fungus Penicillium chrysogenum. The SIA system consists of a peristaltic pump, an injection valve, two piston pumps, two multi-position valves and a detector. The glucose analyzer is based on an enzymatic reaction using glucose oxidase, which converts glucose to glucono-lactone with formation of hydrogen peroxide and subsequent detection of H₂O₂ by a chemiluminescence reaction involving luminol. The penicillin analysis is based on formation of penicilloic acid by penicillinase. Penicilloic acid is detected either by a chemiluminescence method or by a decolorization method. In the chemiluminescence method the penicilloic acid is quantified by its quenching effect on the chemiluminescence signal obtained when luminol reacts with iodine. In the decolorization method the penicilloic acid is detected spectrophotometrically by the decrease in the absorbance of an iodine-starch complex.     

高效液相色谱化学发光检测法测定氨基酸

本文根据铜与氨基酸组成的１：１不饱和络合物对Ｌｕｍｉｎｏｌ－Ｈ２Ｏ２化学发光体系的催化活性，设计了一种新型氨基酸高效液相色谱化学发光检测器，即在色谱柱后安装一个氢氧化铜柱，从柱后流出的氨基酸通过氢氧化铜柱时，产生配合溶解形成氨基酸－铜（１：１）络合物，进行化学发光检测，１４种常见氨基酸的检测限均在ｐｍｏｌ级，已用于血清、尿和啤酒中氨基酸的测定。     

The determination of inorganic chlorine compounds by chemiluminescence reactions

A method is described for the determination of chlorine, chlorine dioxide and hypochlorite in aqueous solutions, involving measurement of the chemiluminescence produced during alkaline oxidation of luminol in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. Two different analytical procedures are employed, one based on a pulse technique and the other on continuous flow. Micromolar or submicromolar quantities can be detected.     

Enhancement of luminol chemiluminescence by cysteine and glutathione

Cysteine enhancement of cobalt(II)-catalysed chemiluminescence of hydrogen peroxide and luminol occurs in carbonate buffer (but not in borate buffer), whether cysteine mixes with hydrogen peroxide before it mixes with luminol-cobalt(II) or vice versa. Enhancement was measured by the ratio of the signals in the presence and absence of cysteine; standard errors were generally < 5% of the mean ratio. Cystine in sufficiently acidic solution also enhances the chemiluminescence but otherwise diminishes the emission. The emission is also inhibited by glutathione. A mixed solution of cysteine and cystine gives rise to enhanced signals. In all the above cases, enhancement occurs only in the presence of a cobalt(II) catalyst. Luminol-peroxynitrite chemiluminescence is enhanced by cysteine and by glutathione without the presence of a catalyst.