Publication Date
Fall 2010
Document Type
Project Summary
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Analytical Chemistry
First Advisor
Patty Fu-Giles, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Karen D'Arcy, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Walter Henne, Jr., Ph.D.
Abstract
Absorption and fluorescence emission spectra of Carminic acid were recorded in solvents with different solvent parameters like polarities, dielectric constant and refractive index. The solvents used in the experiment were water, DMSO, acetonitrile, methanol, propanol and butanol. The atomic radius of the molecule was found out using Hartree-Fock method in molecular modeling using Spartan software and it is applied to find out the dipole moments. The dipole moments of Carminic acid in the ground state and excited states have been determined and Solvatochromic shift method has been used to determine the excited state dipole moments. The linear progressions were made and the slopes were determined from absorbance and fluorescence band shifts. The conclusions on the spectral shifts were done based on the polarity function of the solvents and the dipole moments in ground and excited states of the molecule.
Recommended Citation
Jaggannagari, Sarika B., "Solvent Effects on Emission Spectra of Carminic Acid and Determination of its Ground and Excited State Dipole Moments" (2010). All Capstone Projects. 33.
https://opus.govst.edu/capstones/33