Chemiluminescent composition

• US 4,678,608 A
• Filed: 04/15/1985
• Issued: 07/07/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Omniglow Corporation (Cyalume Technologies Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: American Colloid Company (Minerals Technologies Incorporated)
• Inventors: Dugliss, Charles H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Terapane, John F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCALZO, CATHERINE KILBY
• Application Number:
  US06/723,590
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 252/700, 73/293, 116/26, 116/23, 43/16, 43/4
• US Class Current: 252/700
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/07 having chemically interreactive components, e.g. reactive chemiluminescent compositions

Abstract

Compositions intended to be reacted with hydrogen peroxide to produce chemiluminescent light are disclosed wherein the compositions contain an oxalate, a fluorescer and a soluble perylene dye.

Claims

1. A composition intended to be reacted with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an organic solvent to produce visible chemiluminescent light comprising a solvent solution of (1) an oxalate, (2) a fluorescer and (3) from about 5×

10^-4 to 5×

10^-3 percent, by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of a soluble perylenedicarboximide dye, the mole ratio of said perylenedicarboximide dye to said fluorescer ranging from about 3.45×

10^-3 to 8.15×

10^-1 to 1.

2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the perylene dye is N,N'"'"'-bis(2,5-di-t-butylphenyl)-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide.

3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said fluorescer is 9,10-diphenylanthracene.

4. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said oxalate is bis(2,4,5-trichloro-6-carboalkoxyphenyl)oxalate.

5. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said solvent is an ester, an aromatic hydrocarbon or a chlorinated hydrocarbon.

6. A composition according to claim 5 wherein said solvent is a dialkyl phthalate, the alkyl group containing from 1-12 carbon atoms, inclusive.

7. A method for producing a chemiluminescent light which comprises adding to the composition of claim 1 a solution of hydrogen peroxide and a basic catalyst.

8. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said fluorescer is 1-chloro-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene.

9. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said fluorescer is a mixture of 9,10-diphenylanthracene and 1-chloro-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene.

10. A composition, according to claim 1, wherein said fluorescer is 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene.

11. A composition, according to claim 2, wherein said fluorescer is selected from the group consisting of:

9,10-diphenylanthracene;

1-chloro-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene;

a mixture of 9,10-diphenylanthracene and 1-chloro-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene; and

9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene.

12. A composition, according to claim 11, wherein the oxalate is bis(2,4,5-trichloro-6-carboalkoxyphenyl)oxalate.

13. A composition, according to claim 11, wherein said fluorescer is 9,10-diphenylanthracene.

14. A composition, according to claim 11, wherein said fluorescer is 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene.

15. A composition, according to claim 11, wherein said fluorescer is a mixture of 9,10-diphenylanthracene and 1-chloro-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene.

16. A composition, according to claim 11, wherein said fluorescer is 1-chloro-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene.