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A23609

Acridine

96.5 - 103.5% purity, powder or crystals

Synonym(s):

9-Azaanthracene; 2,3-Benzoquinoline

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C13H9N
CAS Number:
260-94-6
Molecular Weight:
179.22
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
24890478
eCl@ss:
39210107
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
EC Number:
205-971-6
MDL number:
MFCD00005025
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
120200
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Product Name

Acridine, ≥96.5% (HPLC)

Quality Segment

100

assay

≥96.5% (HPLC), 96.5-103.5% (perchloric acid titration)

form

powder or crystals

technique(s)

microbe id | staining: suitable

color

light beige to beige, light brown to brown, light yellow to very dark yellow

bp

346 °C (lit.)

mp

107-110 °C (lit.)

λmax

392 nm

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

c1ccc2nc3ccccc3cc2c1

InChI

1S/C13H9N/c1-3-7-12-10(5-1)9-11-6-2-4-8-13(11)14-12/h1-9H

InChI key

DZBUGLKDJFMEHC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Acridine is a small cationic and planar dye that mainly binds to RNA and DNA. These dyes are strongly fluorescent. It resembles the structure of xanthene except that the heteroatom is nitrogen, not oxygen.

Application

Acridine is suitable for nucleic acid staining, particularly for cell cycle determination. Acridines are used as fluorescent materials for visualization of biomolecules, and in laser technologies.

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GHS07,GHS09

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Warning

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

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

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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