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WE wish to report the production of violet chemiluminescence when alkyl halides are reacted with sodium naphthalenide at room temperature under anaerobic conditions. This effect, which can be detected by eye in a darkened room without dark adaptation, was found to be general for primary, secondary and tertiary bromides, chlorides, fluorides and iodides. Preliminary experiments show that light emission is most intense for tertiary halides and iodides.
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HAAS, J., BAIRD, J. Sodium Naphthalenide–Alkyl Halide Chemiluminescence. Nature 214, 1006 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141006a0
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