Chemiluminescence of Organic Peroxides*The authors dedicate this chapter to the late Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Cilento (Universidade de São Paulo), whose untimely demise in 1994 saddened everyone who knew him as an excellent scientist and outstanding human being. This chapter is also dedicated to Prof. Waldemar Adam (Universität Würzburg, now ‘retired’ in Puerto Rico), who was directly or indirectly responsible for the research interests of the authors.

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Historical Introduction Basic Principles of Chemiluminescence Classification of Chemiluminescent Reactions Methods in Chemiluminescence Research General Mechanisms in Organic Chemiluminescence High‐Efficiency Organic Chemiluminescent Reactions Involving Peroxide Intermediates Acknowledgments

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“…The process of chemiluminescence is often divided into three distinct parts: i) chemical transformations taking place on the ground-state energy surfaces resulting in the generation of unstable high-energy intermediate(s), ii) transformation of the said intermediate(s) into excited-state product(s) either by a reaction with another reagent or by intramolecular reaction, and iii) emission of light [7]. Majority of CL reactions fall into three categories: i) excitation is a direct result of molecule fragmentation or rearrangement, ii) excitation is a result of electron transfer, either intra-or intermolecular, or iii) excitation is a result of electron transfer that has been initiated by the molecule fragmentation or rearrangement.…”