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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
Orange-red needle crystals.  Morindone is one of the natural colorants extracted from madder, ''Lorinda'' and ''Coprosma'' plants in the Rubiaceae family.  It dissolves in alkalis and acids to give a blue-violet color but it precipitates with alum lake as an orange red.
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Orange-red needle crystals.  Morindone is one of the natural colorants extracted from [[madder]], ''Lorinda'' and ''Coprosma'' plants in the Rubiaceae family.  It dissolves in alkalis and acids to give a blue-violet color but it precipitates with alum lake as an orange red.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
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== Other Properties ==
 
== Other Properties ==
  
Soluble in methanol, ethanol, ether, benzene, glacial acetic acid. Insoluble in water.
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* Soluble in methanol, ethanol, ether, benzene, glacial acetic acid. Insoluble in water.
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* Melting Point = 264-275 C
  
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== Additional Information ==
 
 
 
H.Schweppe, J.Winter, "Madder and Alizarin", ''Artists Pigments'', Volume 3, E. West FitzHugh (ed.), Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1997.
 
 
 
== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==
 
  
 
* ''Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics'', Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Oxford University Press, Oxford, Vol. 3, 1997  Comment: H.Schweppe, J.Winter, "Madder and Alizarin"
 
* ''Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics'', Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Oxford University Press, Oxford, Vol. 3, 1997  Comment: H.Schweppe, J.Winter, "Madder and Alizarin"

Latest revision as of 08:39, 19 October 2022

Description

Orange-red needle crystals. Morindone is one of the natural colorants extracted from Madder, Lorinda and Coprosma plants in the Rubiaceae family. It dissolves in alkalis and acids to give a blue-violet color but it precipitates with alum lake as an orange red.

Synonyms and Related Terms

1,5,6-trihydroxy-2-methylanthraquinone; CI 75430; morindin

Other Properties

  • Soluble in methanol, ethanol, ether, benzene, glacial acetic acid. Insoluble in water.
  • Melting Point = 264-275 C

Resources and Citations

  • Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Oxford University Press, Oxford, Vol. 3, 1997 Comment: H.Schweppe, J.Winter, "Madder and Alizarin"

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