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CHEMILUMINESCENCE MECHANISM OF CYCLIC HYDRAZIDES SUCH AS LUMINOL IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS.
Lind,Merenyi,Eriksen
, p. 7655 - 7661 (1983)
Independently of the mode of oxidation, the first critical intermediate on the chemiluminescent pathway of luminol is a hydroperoxide. Below its pK//a it decomposes into oxygen and the parent hydrazide. At higher pH, the monoanion of the hydroperoxide expels nitrogen and yields a monoprotonated dicarboxylate. The latter is chemiexcited to some extent.