Abstract
The influence of the addition of ionic salts (NaCl, NaBr, Nal, NaClO 4) on anthocyanin equilibria is studied in this work. The effect of their addition is a colour enhancement through the formation of an ion-pair between the charged flavylium cation and the anion, which displaces the equilibria towards the coloured flavylium form. The ion-pair formation is an alternative model to that which suggests a preferable hydration of salt anions instead of the flavylium cation. Throughout this work two natural anthocyanins are studied (malvidin 3,5-diglucoside and malvidin 3-glucoside) as well as one anthocyanidin (malvidin). The thermal and photochemical stability of the ion-pairs formed is also examined. Experiments with a synthetic anthocyanin analogue (4′,7-dihydroxyflavylium chloride) which has photochromic properties are also described for comparison purposes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 775-778 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 1994 |