由于化学反应产生的光称为化学发光。廿世纪早期就有人发现这种现象,Trautz和Shorygin目睹某些有机和无机化合物在溶液中氧化时有极微弱的光发生。至1928年Albrecht报导3-氨基-邻苯二甲酰肼(3-aminophthalylhydrazide)的氧化反应会发出明亮的蓝色光;Gleu和Petsch报导NN′-二甲基吖啶硝酸盐氧化时也发生了光,这些发现在化学发光领域中引起了人们的很大兴趣。以后发展用光电倍增器及 The light produced by a chemical reaction is called chemiluminescence. This phenomenon was observed in the early twentieth century and Trautz and Shorygin witnessed the faint light that occurs when some organic and inorganic compounds oxidize in solution. By 1928 Albrecht reported that the oxidation of 3-aminophthalylhydrazide emitted bright blue light and that Gleu and Petsch reported that light also occurred when the NN’-dimethylacridine nitrate was oxidized These findings have aroused great interest in the field of chemiluminescence. After the development of photomultiplier and