Formation of singlet oxygen in the system tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II)-dimethyldioxirane
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Dmitri V. Kazakov , Aleksandr I. Voloshin , Valeri V. Shereshovets , Valeri N. Yakovlev and Valeri P. Kazakov
Abstract
Decomposition of dimethyldioxirane in the presence of tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) complex (RuII) is accompanied by chemi-luminescence (CL) in the infrared spectrum region (1270 nm) due to the formation of singlet oxygen; reaction between RuIII and superoxide ion, which is formed in this process via a sequence of electron-transfer reactions, is assumed to be a CL step.