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constitution
Lightiselectromagneticradiation(thatis,ithasbothelectricalandmagneticcomponents)vibratingin
transversewavepackets,orquanta.
Thevibrationmayoccurinallplanesorinoneonly(planepolarizedlight),eachplanehavingrightand
leftcircularvectorcomponents.Wemaymeasuretheamplitudeofthewavequantum(intensityof
thelight),i tsfrequency,u,and/orwavelength,X(color ortone),andi tsvelocityinagiven
medium,v.
Chromophores
O.N.Wittobservedin1876thatcoloured compoundscontaincertainunsaturatedgroupswhichhe
calledchromophores andcompoundcontainingachromophore iscalledachromogen.Whencertain
groupscalledauxochrome arepresentinthechromogen adyeisobtained.
Q u in o n o id
N itro s o
K e to
O
C
N
O
\E th y le n ic
N itro
C h ro m o p h o re s
A zo
Auxochromes
Auxochrome maybeeitheracidicorbasiclikeOHorNH2.Otherauxochromes includeCOOH,SO3H,
NR2 thesegroupsformsaltswitheitheracidsoralkalies.theyalsoformhydrogenbondswithcertain
groups(OHofcelluloseorNH2 ofwool,silk).
(A zo b e n ze n e )
c o n ta in in g -N = N - c h ro m o p h o re
N o t se rv in g a s d y e
(p -A m in o a z o b e n z e n e )
-N H
a u x o c h ro m e
A d isp e rse d y e
NH
Indigoiddyes: Thisisthemostimportantgroupofnaturaldyes.Thedyestuffisextractedfrom
Indigofera tinctoria,abushpeafamily.ThedyewasusedprehistoricallyinIndia,whereitprobably
originated.ThewordisderivedfromIndican.
Anthraquinone dyes
Anthraquinone dyes: Someofthemostimportantreddyesarebasedontheanthraquinone structure.
Theyareobtainedbothfromplantsandinsects.Thesedyesarecharacterizedbygoodfastnesstolight.
Theyformcomplexeswithmetalsaltsandtheresultantmetalcomplexdyeshavegoodwashfastness.
Alpha-napthoquinones
Alphanapthoquinones: Themostprominentmemberofthisclassofdyesislawsone.Itisobtainedfrom
Lawsonia inermis
Flavones:
Flavones:Flavone iscolorlessorganiccompound.Mostofthenaturalyellowcolorsarehydroxy andmethoxy
derivativesofflavonesandisoflavones.Itisobtainedfromasdustonflowersandseedsofvarious
Primula species,inbudsofvariousvarietiesofpoplar,inyellowdahlias,inweld(Resedaluteola)and
dyersbroom(Genista tinctoria).
Likethephysicalandchemicalpropertiesoforganiccompounds,thereisadefiniterelationshipbetween
thecolorandconstitutione.g.,Benzeneiscolorless,whereasitsisomer,fulvene iscolored.Thefollowing
theorieshavebeenproposedtoexplaintheobservedgeneralrelationshipsexistingbetweencolorand
constitutions
Whenasinglechromophore issufficienttoimpartcolortothecompound.Examplesare:NO,
NO2,N=N,=N=NN,N=NO,pquinonoid etc.
Whenmorethanonechromophore isrequiredtoimpartthecolor,e.g.>C=O,>C=C<etc.Thiscan
beexemplifiedbyvariousexamples.Acetone(havingone>C=Oaschromophore)iscolorless,
whereasbiacetyl (withtwo>C=O)isyellow.
Sincetheauxochromes arecapableofformingsaltseitherwithabasicoracidicgroupstheirpresence
alsoconvertacoloredcompound(devoidofsaltforminggroups)intoadyewhichmustfixpermanently
tothefiber,i.e.,itmustbefasttowater,light,soapandlaundering,whenfixedtothefiber.The
permanentfixingofdyetothefiberisgenerallyduetotheformationofchemicalbondbetweenthe
fiberandtheauxochrome.Thiscanbestbeexemplifiedbythefollowingexamples.
Benzene
Diazobenzene
ArmstrongTheory(Quinonoid theory):Armstrongin1885suggestedthatallcoloringmattersmaybe
representedbyquinonoid structures(p oro),andthusbelievedthatifaparticularcompoundcanbe
formulatedinaquinonoid formitiscolored,otherwiseitiscolorless.Someoftheimportant
compounds,thecoloringpropertiesofwhichcanbeexplainedonthebasisofthistheoryaregiven
below.
Onthebasisofthistheorywecanseethatbenzeneiscolorless,whereasbenzoquinones arecolored.
Butthequinonoid theoryisnotsufficienttoaccountforthecoloringcharacteristicsofallthe
compounds.Forexample,iminoquinone anddiiminoquinone,bothpossesaquinoid structureeven
thentheyarecolorless.
Benzene
Benzoquinones
Imnoquinone
Di-iminoquinone
Modern Theory
ModernTheory:Theabovetwotheorieswerediscussingtherelationshipbetweencolorand
constitutionarefoundtobeonlyempirical.Thenexttwoimportanttheories,whichexplain
plausiblytherelationbetweencolorandconstitution,requiresomewhattheoretical
backgroundabouttheeffectoflightonthemolecule.
Valencebondtheory
Molecularorbitaltheory
Further More
Thedipolemomentchangesasaresultofoscillationofelectronpairs.Thefollowingorderhasbeen
observedforthecaseofexcitationofdifferentgroups.
N=O>C=S>N=N>C=O>C=N>C=C
Resonancetheoryexplainstherelationofthecolorandthesymmetryofthemoleculeortransition
dipoleofthemoleculebecauseasthenumberofchargedcanonicalstructuresincreases,thecolorof
thecompounddeepens.Themorethepossibilityandlongerthepathforachangetooscillateina
compound,thelongerwavelengthoflightwillbeabsorbedandthereforedeeperwouldbethecolor
ofthecompound.
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Chart showing molecular orbitals
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Anti-bonding
Anti-bonding
Lone-pair Non-bonding
bonding
bonding
Electronic transitions
Theelectronictransitionscanoccurbytheabsorptionofultravioletandvisibleradiation.Although
transitionsarepossible,onlythefollowingtypesareallowed:
n*
n*and*