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68250

Methyl Orange

suitable for microscopy

Synonym(s):

4-[4-(Dimethylamino)phenylazo]benzenesulfonic acid sodium salt, Acid Orange 52, Helianthin, Orange III

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C14H14N3NaO3S
CAS Number:
547-58-0
Molecular Weight:
327.33
EC Number:
208-925-3
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
NACRES:
MA.02
PubChem Substance ID:
329760496
MDL number:
MFCD00007502
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4732884

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InChI key

STZCRXQWRGQSJD-GEEYTBSJSA-M

InChI

1S/C14H15N3O3S.Na/c1-17(2)13-7-3-11(4-8-13)15-16-12-5-9-14(10-6-12)21(18,19)20;/h3-10H,1-2H3,(H,18,19,20);/q;+1/p-1/b16-15+;

SMILES string

[Na+].CN(C)c1ccc(cc1)\N=N\c2ccc(cc2)S([O-])(=O)=O

form

powder

technique(s)

titration: suitable

pH

3.0-4.4, pink to yellow

solubility

methanol: water (1:1): 0.1 g/10 mL, orange to very deep orange

λmax

501.4 nm in H2O (acidified)

suitability

suitable for microscopy

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

Quality Level

200

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General description

Methyl orange is an orange colored synthetic dye, which undergoes a change in color depending on the pH of the solution. It basically develops a red color in acidic solution and yellow color in basic solution.

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Danger

hcodes

H301

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Nano letters, 13(2), 803-808 (2013-01-18)
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Lin Lin et al.
Nanoscale, 5(2), 588-593 (2012-12-04)
Shell@core-nanostructured TiO(2)@ZnO n-p-n heterojunction nanorods with diameter of 30 nm were successfully fabricated via a hydrothermal method. The photodegradation rate of the TiO(2)@ZnO n-p-n nanorods evaluated by photodegrading methyl orange has been demonstrated to increase three times compared to that
Bin Cai et al.
Nanoscale, 5(5), 1910-1916 (2013-01-29)
Zero bandgap and water soluble sulfonated graphene (SGE) has been introduced into an n-type semiconductor photocatalytic system to fabricate a Ag@AgBr/SGE composite photocatalyst. Due to its unique conduction and valence band dispersion and low Fermi level, SGE serves as an
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