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Grade 11Inorganic Chemistry

Phenolphthalein indicator has basic nature or acidic nature ? Give the structure ?

Profile image of Pavankumar . D
15 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Aman  Bansal
15 Years ago

Dear student,

The structure is as follow

File:Phenolphthalein-low-pH-2D-skeletal.svg

it turns colorless in acidic solutions and pink in basic solutions

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Profile image of Shifa
9 Years ago
phenophthalein is itself acidic in nature but indicate basicity through pink colour, it is synthesied by the condensation of phthalic anhydride with 2 mole phenol.