Wurster's blue
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Wurster's blue
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Wurster's blue is the trivial name given to the radical cation of the colorless chemical N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine, also known as TMPD. This is an easily oxidised phenylenediamine, which loses two electrons in one-electron oxidation steps; the radical cation is a characteristic blue-violet colour, which gives the compound part of its name. The remaining part of its name comes from its discoverer, the German chemist Casimir Wurster. The hydrochloride salt of TMPD finds use as a red
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2023-12-30T13:30:49Z
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