We talked about Glow Sticks, we talked about Fireworks. Now it feels like the right time to look at another big factor in color of compounds, the conjugated systems.


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Sources:


My publication on the synthesis of Neocryptolepine


https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2009/ob/b816608k#!divAbstract


On Colour and Coloring


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_color


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtractive_color


On Covalent Bonds and Conjugated Systems


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covalent_bond


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugated_system


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delocalized_electron


Dyes and Pigments


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigment


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azo_dye


Magic Ink


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Wonder


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuco_dye


https://patents.google.com/patent/US9573403B1/en



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