Hypsochromic shift

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Hypsochromic shift is a change of spectral band position in the absorption, reflectance, transmittance, or emission spectrum of a molecule to a shorter wavelength (higher frequency).

This can occur because of a change in environmental conditions: for example, a change in solvent polarity will result in solvatochromism. A series of structurally related molecules in a substitution series can also show a hypsochromic shift. Hypsochromic shift is a phenomenon seen in molecular spectra, not atomic spectra - it is thus more common to speak of the movement of the peaks in the spectrum rather than lines.

\Delta\lambda = \lambda^{\mathrm{state 1}}_{\mathrm{observed}} - \lambda^{\mathrm{state 2}}_{\mathrm{observed}} where λ is the wavelength of the spectral peak of interest and \lambda^{\mathrm{state 1}}_{\mathrm{observed}} > \lambda^{\mathrm{state 2}}_{\mathrm{observed}}

It is typically found using a spectrophotometer, colorimeter, or spectroradiometer.

Hypsochromic shifts are often referred to as blue shifts. Although this nomenclature is considered informal [1], it is often used in the literature. It has no relation to Doppler shift or other wavelength-independent meanings of blueshift.

[edit] See also

Bathochromic shift a change to longer wavelength (lower frequency)

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