Indigo is the dye used in coloring blue jeans. The term navy blue is derived from the

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Indigo is the dye used in coloring blue jeans. The term navy blue is derived from the use of indigo to dye British naval uniforms in the eighteenth century. The structure of the indigo molecule is 

H H C H C. H NIH C=C H .I N. .0. C H H H H

a. How many σ bonds and π bonds exist in the molecule? 

b. What hybrid orbitals are used by the carbon atoms in the indigo molecule?

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Chemistry An Atoms First Approach

ISBN: 9781305079243

2nd Edition

Authors: Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl

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