Reconstructing the historical synthesis of mauveine from Perkin and Caro: procedure and details

Abstract Mauveine, an iconic dye, first synthesised in 1856 still has secrets to unveil. If nowadays one wanted to prepare the original Perkin’s mauveine, what would be the procedure? It will be described in this work and lies on the use of a 1:2:1 (mole) ratio of aniline, p-toluidine and o-toluidin...

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Main Authors: Tânia F. G. G. Cova, Alberto A. C. C. Pais, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07239-z