In the experiment where an Electrophillic aromatic substitution sulfonation reaction is conducted on Indigo to produce the food dye FD&C Blue #2(indigo blue or indigotine). show a mechanism showing a single sulfonation on a molecule of indigo

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In the experiment where an Electrophillic aromatic substitution sulfonation reaction is conducted on Indigo to produce the food dye FD&C Blue #2(indigo blue or indigotine). show a mechanism showing a single sulfonation on a molecule of indigo.

H₂SO4 Concentrated
odgo--oko"
Heat
NH
HN
HO,S
NH
HN
SO H
Transcribed Image Text:H₂SO4 Concentrated odgo--oko" Heat NH HN HO,S NH HN SO H
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