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L-ascorbic acid quenches singlet (1 delta g) molecular oxygen in aqueous media (pH 6.8 for [1H]H2O and pD 7.2 for [2H]D2O) as measured directly by monitoring (0,0) 1 delta g leads to 3 sigma-g emission at 1.28 micron. Singlet oxygen was generated at room temperature in the solutions via photosensitization of sodium chrysene sulfonate; this sulfonated polycyclic hydrocarbon was synthesized to provide a water soluble chromophore inert to usual dye-ascorbate photobleaching. A marked isotope effect is found; kHQ2O is 3.3 times faster than kDQ2O, suggesting ascorbic acid is chemically quenching singlet oxygen.