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Monitoring the Reductive and Oxidative Half-Reactions of a Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase using Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometry
Published on: March 18, 2012
A stopped-flow study of the dual chemiluminescence for the luminol-KIO4-Mn(2+) system in strong alkaline solutions
Tsung-Yuan Huang1, Wann-Yin Lin
1Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
Abstract:
A novel phenomenon of dual chemiluminescence (CL) was observed for the KIO4-luminol-Mn(2+) system in strong alkaline solutions using the stopped-flow technique. Scavenging study of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) suggested that the two CL peaks originated from different CL pathways precipated by distinct ROS (O2(-) and •OH for the first peak, mainly 1O2 for the second peak). Generation of these ROS at different time intervals from the reactions involving IO4(-), O2, and Mn(2+) and their subsequent reactions with luminol induced the intense CL emission. The relative intensity of the two CL peaks can be tuned over a wide range by varying the concentrations of Mn(2-), luminol and KIO4. Because of the involvement of different ROS in each pathway, the two CL peaks could respond quite differently to various substances. Moreover, variation of the intensity ratio of the two CL peaks altered the relative proportions of the corresponding ROS, thereby changing their responses to a given substance. The dual CL emission acts like a pair of tunable probes and it is believed that this CL system has great potential in analytical applications.
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