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Toluidine Blue O

Name: Toluidine Blue O
Brand: SIAL

Powder

Synonym(s):

Basic Blue 17, Blutene chloride, Methylene Blue T50 or T extra, Tolonium chloride

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

C₁₅H₁₆ClN₃S

CAS Number:

92-31-9

Molecular Weight:

305.83

NACRES:

NA.47

PubChem Substance ID:

24900122

UNSPSC Code:

12171500

EC Number:

202-146-2

MDL number:

MFCD00011934

Colour Index Number:

52040

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Properties

Product Name

Toluidine Blue O, Technical grade

grade

technical grade

Quality Segment

200

form

powder

composition

Dye content, ~80%

technique(s)

microbe id | staining: suitable

solubility

H₂O: 1 mg/mL

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

[Cl-].Cc1cc2N=C3C=CC(\C=C3Sc2cc1N)=[N+](\C)C

InChI

1S/C15H15N3S.ClH/c1-9-6-13-15(8-11(9)16)19-14-7-10(18(2)3)4-5-12(14)17-13;/h4-8,16H,1-3H3;1H

InChI key

GEDVVYWLPUPJJZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Toluidine Blue O (TBO) is a thiazine dye of the quinone-imine family and is cationic in nature. It has been employed in polychromatic staining of paraffin embedded plant cell walls. It is a metachromatic dye suitable for a wide variety of histological staining procedures.

A metachromatic dye suitable for a wide variety of histological staining procedures.

Application

Toluidine Blue O has been used to stain a variety of specimens like mesenchymal cells, taste buds, osteoblasts, matrix, etc.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

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