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Molecular-chameleon: Solvatochromism at its iridescent best!

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Reichardt’s dye A, shows spectacular solvatochromism having solutions coloured red in methanol, violet in ethanol, blue in isopropyl alcohol, green in acetone and greenish-yellow in anisole.

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  1. Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India

    Photon Rao

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Photon Rao is a PhD student in the Organic Chemistry Department at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

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Rao, P. Molecule of the month. Reson 16, 1303–1306 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-011-0147-4

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