title: Singlet oxygen production in the reaction of superoxide with organic peroxides.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A selective chemiluminescent probe for singlet oxygen has been employed to detect and quantify singlet oxygen in the reactions of superoxide with organic peroxides. The production of singlet oxygen has been quantified in the reaction of superoxide with benzoyl peroxide (BP). No singlet oxygen was detected in the reactions of superoxide with cumyl peroxide, tert-butyl peroxide, or tert-butyl hydroperoxide. On the basis of these results and on the temperature dependence of the reaction, we proposed a mechanism for singlet oxygen formation in the reaction of superoxide with BP.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: MacManus-Spencer
authors.forename: Betsy L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Edhlund
authors.forename: Kristopher
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McNeill
mesh_terms: D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010545:Peroxides; D026082:Singlet Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D013481:Superoxides
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010545:Peroxides; D013481:Superoxides; D026082:Singlet Oxygen