Indigo is readily reduced to leuco forms [cf., tetramethyl leucoindigo (8)] and oxidized to dehydroindigo (9). These reactions strongly influence the cross-conjugated system, and pronounced hypsochromic shifts of the long-wave absorption band in the UV/Vis spectrum have been measured [9]. The low frequency of the CO band in the IR spectrum of indigo at 1626 cm-1 points to the presence of hydrogen bonds (Table 2.2).
Table 2.2: IR and UV/VIS Spectra
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