The (pronounced) change in position and sometimes intensity of an electronic absorption
or emission band, accompanying a change in the
polarity of the medium. Negative (positive) solvatochromism corresponds to a
hypsochromic
(
bathochromic)
shift with increasing solvent
polarity.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1164
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2274
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
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