POLYMERIC AMMONIUM AND OR PHOSPHONIUM SALTS HAVING ADDED .PI. ELECTRONS AND HIGHER MOLECULAR WEIGHT AS ENHANCERS FOR CHEMILUMINESCENT SYSTEMS

摘要

A compound for enhancing the light output of a chemiluminescent system and, inparticular, a stabilized, triggerable 1,2-dioxetane, is obtained by reacting apolyvinylbenzyl halide and a bilinker with either a trisubstituted amine ortrisubstituted phosphine. A fluorescent molecule may be attached to polymeralong with the trisubstituted amine or trisubstituted phosphine. Also, thebenzyl halide may be reacted with a .pi.-electron donor, such as a vinylnaphthalene or vinylanthracene to form a co-polymer which is polymerizablewith the trisubstituted amine and/or trisubstituted phosphine. By controllingthe reaction parameters it is possible to obtain either a water-soluble orpartial water soluble or insoluble compound crosslink polymer.