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Electronically excited states are formed in the thermolyses of these peroxyesters. These are detected by their characteristic direct chemiluminescence or by indirect chemiluminescence. In the presence of easily oxidized catalysts these peresters give excited states by the chemically initiated electron-exchange luminescence (CIEEL) path. The mechanism of these luminescent reactions was investigated.","abstract_html":"The thermolyses and chemiluminescent properties of the secondary peroxyesters 1-phenylethyl peroxyacetate, a series of ring substituted 1-phenylethyl peroxybenzoates, 1-phenylethyl-1-peroxynaphthoate, 1-phenylethyl-2-peroxyanthroate and 1-phenylethyl-9,10-dibromo-2-peroxyanthroate were investigated. Thermolysis in benzene gives acetophenone and the corresponding carboxylic acid. The study of the reaction kinetics and kinetic isotope effect indicate that the unimolecular thermolysis proceeds by homolysis of the oxygen-oxygen bond. Electronically excited states are formed in the thermolyses of these peroxyesters. These are detected by their characteristic direct chemiluminescence or by indirect chemiluminescence. In the presence of easily oxidized catalysts these peresters give excited states by the chemically initiated electron-exchange luminescence (CIEEL) path. The mechanism of these luminescent reactions was investigated.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Dixon, Brian Gilbert"],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Chemistry","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2014,"date_issued":"2014-12-13T20:11:10Z","date_published":"2014-12-13T20:11:10Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:57Z","subjects":["Chemistry, Organic"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["(UMI)AAI8114411"],"render_values":[{"text":"(UMI)AAI8114411","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/67258","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Dixon, Brian Gilbert"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2014-12-13T20:11:10Z","10000-01-01","1981"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Chemistry"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Chemistry, Organic"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["eng"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/67258","(UMI)AAI8114411"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["The thermolyses and chemiluminescent properties of the secondary peroxyesters 1-phenylethyl peroxyacetate, a series of ring substituted 1-phenylethyl peroxybenzoates, 1-phenylethyl-1-peroxynaphthoate, 1-phenylethyl-2-peroxyanthroate and 1-phenylethyl-9,10-dibromo-2-peroxyanthroate were investigated. Thermolysis in benzene gives acetophenone and the corresponding carboxylic acid. The study of the reaction kinetics and kinetic isotope effect indicate that the unimolecular thermolysis proceeds by homolysis of the oxygen-oxygen bond. Electronically excited states are formed in the thermolyses of these peroxyesters. These are detected by their characteristic direct chemiluminescence or by indirect chemiluminescence. In the presence of easily oxidized catalysts these peresters give excited states by the chemically initiated electron-exchange luminescence (CIEEL) path. The mechanism of these luminescent reactions was investigated.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T20:11:10Z (GMT). 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