Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.7, 762-763, 2002
Kinetics of base catalyzed chemiluminescence reaction of spiro[adamantane-1,3'-(4'-(m-hydroxyphenyl)-4'-methoxy-1',2'-dioxetane)]
Our study of the kinetics of deprotonation and decomposition of spiro[adamantane-1,3-(4'-(m-hydroxy-phenyl)-4'-methoxy-1',2'-dioxetane)] (1) showed kinetic parameters for decomposition of tetrabutylammmonium salt of I to be DeltaH(double dagger) = 85.4 1.1 kJ mol(-1); DeltaS(double dagger) = 16.0 +/- 3.5 J mol(-1) K-1.