xanthene
chemical compound
Learn about this topic in these articles:
major reference
- In dye: Xanthene and related dyes
In 1871 the German chemist Adolph von Baeyer discovered a new dye class closely related to the triphenylmethane series and also without natural counterparts. Heating phthalic anhydride with resorcinol (1,3-dihydroxybenzene) produced a yellow compound he named fluorescein,
Read More
dye structure and colour
- In dye: Dye structure and colour
…a different chromophore, include azobenzene, xanthene, and triphenylmethane. Alizarin contains the anthraquinone chromophore. These four dyes were commercial products in the late 1800s.
Read More