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Chemiluminescence from reactions with bis-cyclometalated iridium complexes in acidic aqueous solution
Reshmi V Kiran1, Elizabeth M Zammit, Conor F Hogan
1Department of Chemistry, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia.
The Analyst
|June 30, 2009
Abstract:
Chemical reactions between certain bis-cyclometalated iridium complexes, cerium(IV) and organic reducing agents in aqueous solution produce an emission of light which in some cases is more intense than that from analogous reactions with conventional ruthenium-based reagents, thus providing a new avenue for chemically-initiated luminescence detection.

