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 3 s. The quenching effect of Cu2+, Pb2+, Cd2+, Hg2+ and Ag+ ions on the chemiluminescent system was investigated, the resulting Stern–Volmer plots were obtained and the KQ values were calculated. It was found that the quenching effect of metal ions on the chemiluminescence of L decreases in the order Cu2+ > Pb2+ > Cd2+ > Hg2+ > Ag+.