Advances in the use of acidic potassium permanganate as a chemiluminescence reagent: a review

Jacqui L Adcock; Neil W Barnett; Colin J Barrow; Paul S Francis

doi:10.1016/j.aca.2013.11.016

Advances in the use of acidic potassium permanganate as a chemiluminescence reagent: a review

Anal Chim Acta. 2014 Jan 7:807:9-28. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2013.11.016. Epub 2013 Nov 18.

Authors

Jacqui L Adcock¹, Neil W Barnett¹, Colin J Barrow¹, Paul S Francis²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia.
² Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia. Electronic address: psf@deakin.edu.au.

PMID: 24356216
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2013.11.016

Abstract

We review the analytical applications of acidic potassium permanganate chemiluminescence published since our previous comprehensive review in mid-2007 to early 2013. This includes a critical evaluation of evidence for the emitting species, the influence of additives such as polyphosphates, formaldehyde, sulfite, thiosulfate, lanthanide complexes and nanoparticles, the development of a generalized reaction mechanism, and the use of this chemistry in pharmaceutical, clinical, forensic, food science, agricultural and environmental applications.

Keywords: Chemiluminescence; Emitting species; Flow injection analysis; High performance liquid chromatography; Potassium permanganate; Review.