Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis of mauveine and phenosafranins in black precipitate from the Bradford Colour Experience Museum

M. John Plater* (Corresponding Author), Andrea Raab

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Abstract

Mauveine chromophores and a family of phenosafranins have been extracted from the Colour Experience Museum black precipitate with boiling ethanol and separated by chromatography. Phenosafranin (287.1295), monomethylphenylsafranin (301.1452) and a dimethylphenosafranin (315.1609) were observed. Tentative evidence for small quantities of N-tert-butylmauveine A and N-tert-butylmauveine B has been found by comparison of the data to standard retention times and accurate mass data. A synthetic method which reproduces the composition of mauveine extracted from the black precipitate, which is rich in mauveine A, is described.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)367-379
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Chemical Research
Volume43
Issue number9-10
Early online date7 Aug 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2019

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Acknowledgement

We are grateful to the Bradford Colour Experience Museum for black precipitate and to the EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Foundation (NMSF) for mass spectra.

Keywords

  • mauveine
  • mauve
  • N-tert-butylmauveine
  • phenosafranin
  • Colour Experience Museum

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