New triggering system for dioxetane-based chemiluminescence: Base-induced decomposition of bicyclic dioxetanes bearing a 3-aminophenyl or 2-phenylindol-6-yl moiety

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.2005.718

A dioxetane substituted with a 3-aminophenyl group was deprotonated with t-BuOK in DMSO to give an unstable dioxetane bearing a phenylamide anion, which decomposed with accompanying emission of flash red light. Dioxetane bearing an indol-6-yl group was sy