Chemistry Letters, Vol.36, No.8, 1010-1011, 2007
Molecular structures of the coloring species of a leuco dye with phenolic color developers
We have isolated the coloring species of a leuco dye colored by three phenolic color developers and have revealed their molecular structures by X-ray crystallographic analysis for the first time: one leuco dye molecule combined with one developer molecule by the hydrogen bonds between the carboxylate anion of a leuco dye and the OH groups of a color developer.