Chemiluminescence of Organic Peroxides

1 Historical Introduction 2 Basic Principles of Chemiluminescence 3 Classification of Chemiluminescent Reactions 4 Methods in Chemiluminescence Research 5 General Mechanisms in Organic Chemiluminescence 6 High-Efficiency Organic Chemiluminescent Reactions Involving Peroxide Intermediates 7 Acknowledgments Keywords: bioluminescence (BL) and chemiluminescence (CL); high-energy intermediates (HEI); chemiluminescence - basic principles; chemiluminescent reaction classification; physicochemical parameters in mechanistic CL research; light emission intensity calibration; highly efficient organic chemiluminescence systems; back electron-transfer (BET) energetics