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Brilliant Blue FCF

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Erioglaucine disodium salt, E133, Acid Blue 9, Alphazurine FG, FD&C;BLUE No. 1

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C37H34Na2N2O9S3
CAS Number:
3844-45-9
Molecular Weight:
792.85
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329769043
EC Number:
223-339-8
Colour Index Number:
42090
MDL number:
MFCD00012141
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Segment

100

assay

≥97.0% (HPLC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

283 °C (dec.) (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].CCN(Cc1cccc(c1)S([O-])(=O)=O)c2ccc(cc2)C(=C3\C=C/C(C=C3)=[N+](\CC)Cc4cccc(c4)S([O-])(=O)=O)\c5ccccc5S([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

1S/C37H36N2O9S3.2Na/c1-3-38(25-27-9-7-11-33(23-27)49(40,41)42)31-19-15-29(16-20-31)37(35-13-5-6-14-36(35)51(46,47)48)30-17-21-32(22-18-30)39(4-2)26-28-10-8-12-34(24-28)50(43,44)45;;/h5-24H,3-4,25-26H2,1-2H3,(H2-,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48);;/q;2*+1/p-2

InChI key

SGHZXLIDFTYFHQ-UHFFFAOYSA-L

General description

Brilliant Blue FCF is a triarylmethane dye that is either used as a food or textile colorant to give blue color. An acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 12.0 mg/(kg body weight) was set for Brilliant Blue FCF in humans by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Application

The analytical standards can also be used as follows:
  • Spectrophotometric quantitative estimation of Brilliant Blue, Sunset Yellow, Ponceau 4R, and Tartrazin from juice samples, using a transparent polymer matrix for extraction
  • Liquid-liquid microextraction of five synthetic food dyes from different food samples for their determination by high-performance liquid chromatography with a variable wavelength ultraviolet detector (HPLC-VWUVD)
  • Simultaneous analysis of five water-soluble synthetic colorants in different food samples by on-plate solid-phase extraction and thin-layer chromatography (TLC) with backlight-assisted detection
  • Multi-residue determination of 11 synthetic color food additives in high protein and fat content food products by HPLC combined with a diode array detector (DAD) or a tandem mass spectrometer (MS/MS)
  • Extraction of eight synthetic food dyes from 30 food samples of six types using an NH2-aminopropyl-modified silica SPE cartridge for their quantification by RP-HPLC coupled with UV detector

Other Notes

Refer to the product′s Certificate of Analysis for more information on a suitable instrument technique. Contact Technical Service for further support.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

wgk

WGK 1

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