Inverted Micellar Enhanced Organic Peroxyoxalate Chemiluminescence

The use of neutral surfactant polyoxyethylene (9) dodecyl ether (AEO9) and polyoxyethylene (10) hexylphenol ether (TX-10) as an additive to enhance the chemiluminescence of peroxyoxalate reaction using bis(2-butoxycarbonyl-3,4,6-trichlorophenyl) oxalate (BBTPO) and hydrogen peroxide as the energy source in organic media with 9,10-diphenylanthracene as a fluorophore had been investigated. The oxidation of BBTPO in both AEO9 and TX-10 inverted micelles produced significantly improved intensity and efficiency of the chemiluminescence relative to that in normal organic media. It was found that in AEO9 and TX-10 inverted micellar media the enhancement of chemiluminescence was mainly due to the improvement of the reaction excitation efficiencies, but only slightly contributed by the increase of the fluorescence efficiency.