Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Advances, 44(5), p. 34535-34540
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra01551k
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Palladium triggered removal of a propargyl group leads to the cleavage of the 1,2-dioxetane ring, leading to bright chemiluminescence. The reaction of the probe is highly specific for the Pd species, thus the probe described here has considerable potential for practical utility.