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In this work, we investigated the mechanism of this decomposition using multiconfigurational quantum chemistry and density functional theory. Calculations on a reduced model without the aniline ring and without the alkoxide groups, which come from the amide carbonyl groups of luminol, showed that the pathway initiated by O\u2013O bond cleavage is inaccessible, whereas the route starting by nitrogen loss and the concerted decomposition display similar activation barriers. However, only the stepwise mechanism reaches regions favorable for population transfer to the emissive excited state. The concerted mechanism therefore acts as a competing channel that reduces the chemiexcitation and chemiluminescence yields. By extending the study to a larger model (including the alkoxide groups) and to the complete luminol molecule, the energetic trends change in favor of the stepwise or asynchronous decomposition with the C\u2013N bond breaking preceding the O\u2013O bond cleavage, which drives the system toward the chemiexcitation region. 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