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DYES are generally investigated in aqueous media because of their insolubility in benzene and similar solvents. We have found1 that many dyes, if extracted with benzene at a suitable pH, pass into the benzene medium, very often with a change of colour. This communication reports our preliminary results with methylene blue.
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PALIT, S., SAXENA, G. Absorption Spectra of Methylene Blue in Benzene. Nature 209, 1127–1128 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2091127b0
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