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59 Polymethine dyes

  • Heinz Mustroph
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Abstract

There are a lot of different dye classes with complete different chemical structures. On the basis of a common classification the term “polymethine dyes” was created in 1926. Common criteria are a conjugated polymethine chain with terminal functional groups and an odd number 2n + 3 of π-centers and 2n + 4 π-electrons (n is the number of vinyl groups), the vinylene shift of the 0-0 vibronic transition of about 100nm per vinyl group, the influence of substituents or heteroatoms according to Dewar´s Rules and a bathochromic shift by twisting of the polymethine chain according to the Brunings-Corwin effect.

Abstract

There are a lot of different dye classes with complete different chemical structures. On the basis of a common classification the term “polymethine dyes” was created in 1926. Common criteria are a conjugated polymethine chain with terminal functional groups and an odd number 2n + 3 of π-centers and 2n + 4 π-electrons (n is the number of vinyl groups), the vinylene shift of the 0-0 vibronic transition of about 100nm per vinyl group, the influence of substituents or heteroatoms according to Dewar´s Rules and a bathochromic shift by twisting of the polymethine chain according to the Brunings-Corwin effect.

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