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indigo


molecule of indigo
A blue dye obtained from leguminous plants of the genus Indigofera. Indigo is produced by natural acidation of a solution containing pieces of the plants. Cultivation of indigo plants was once carried out on a large scale in India, but cheap synthetic indigo is now mainly used. Indigo was first synthesized by the German chemist Adolph von Baeyer.


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