Quenching effect of some heavy metal ions on the fast peroxyoxalate-chemiluminescence of 1-(dansylamidopropyl)-1-aza-4,7,10-trithiacyclododecane as a novel fluorophore.

The fast chemiluminescence (CL) arising from the reaction of bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate (TCPO) with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of 1-(dansylamidopropyl)-1-aza-4,7,10-trithiacyclododecane (L) as a novel fluorophore, and imidazole as catalyst, has been studied in ethyl acetate solution. The relationships between the chemiluminescence intensity and concentrations of TCPO, imidazole, hydrogen peroxide and L are reported. In the presence of imidazole as catalyst, the entire CL signal was completed in less than 3s. The quenching effect of Cu(2+), Pb(2+), Cd(2+), Hg(2+) and Ag(+) ions on the chemiluminescent system was investigated, the resulting Stern-Volmer plots were obtained and the K(Q) values were calculated. It was found that the quenching effect of metal ions on the chemiluminescence of L decreases in the order Cu(2+)>Pb(2+)>Cd(2+)>Hg(2+)>Ag(+).