SPECTROSCOPY OF A NON-L TROSCOPY OF A NON-LUMINESCEN UMINESCENT ASSOCI T ASSOCIATE OF INDIGO CARMINE IN SOLUTIONS

Introduction. The food dye Indigo Carmine (E-132) was subjected to spectroscopic studies. It is shown that conditions for their participation in Association processes are created in aqueous and binary mixtures of solvents. The absorption bands against the background of the hypochromic effect in their electronic spectra are determined. Experimentally and by quantum chemical calculations, it is established that the dipole moments of the Indigo Carmine dye in the excited state increase up to 40 % and they contribute to the appearance of a strong dipole-dipole interaction, which results in the unification of Monomeric molecules into an associate. The interaction force (van der Waals) leads to resonant splitting of electronic States and changes in the probability of electron transition from the main excited levels of dye molecules. Research methods. The choice of binary mixtures of solvents was due to the fact that in one of the components of the solvents the dyes under study dissolved well, in the other they practically did not dissolve