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. 1978 Mar 17;199(4334):1163-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.199.4334.1163.

Color and constitution: one hundred years of research

S Dähne

Color and constitution: one hundred years of research

S Dähne. Science. .

Abstract

Useful theories and models of the color and constitution of unsaturated organic compounds have been sought for more than a century. The promises of quantum chemistry have not yet been realized satisfactorily. The polymethine concept, a modern chemical theory of constitution, is an auspicious development.

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