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45690

Erythrosin extra bluish

suitable for microscopy

Synonym(s):

2′,4′,5′,7′-Tetraiodofluorescein disodium salt, Acid Red 51, Iodoeosin

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H6I4Na2O5
CAS Number:
16423-68-0
Molecular Weight:
879.86
EC Number:
240-474-8
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
329756903
MDL number:
MFCD00144257
Colour Index Number:
45430
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1443945

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InChI key

RAGZEDHHTPQLAI-UHFFFAOYSA-L

InChI

1S/C20H8I4O5.2Na/c21-11-5-9-17(13(23)15(11)25)28-18-10(6-12(22)16(26)14(18)24)20(9)8-4-2-1-3-7(8)19(27)29-20;;/h1-6,25-26H;;/q;2*+1/p-2

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[O-]c1c(I)cc2c(Oc3c(I)c([O-])c(I)cc3C24OC(=O)c5ccccc45)c1I

form

solid

technique(s)

titration: suitable

suitability

suitable for microscopy

Quality Level

100

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General description

Erythrosin extra bluish is a brown color powder, that is soluble in ethanol and water. Its pH ranges from 2.5 to 4. It is used in color filters, light emitting diodes, cosmetics, hair dyes etc. It has several biological applications like detecting gene expression, treating age related macular degeneration, diabetes, obesity etc.

pictograms

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GHS07,GHS09

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

359.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

182 °C - closed cup

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(51), 20680-20683 (2011-12-03)
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Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 79(5), 889-897 (2011-05-10)
Xanthenes form to an important class of dyes which are widely used. Most of them present three acid-base groups: two phenolic sites and one carboxylic site. Therefore, the pKa determination and the attribution of each group to the corresponding pKa
Farah Maria Drumond Chequer et al.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 50(10), 3447-3451 (2012-08-01)
Erythrosine (ErB) is a xanthene and an US Food and Drug Administration approved dye used in foods, drugs and cosmetics. Although its utilization is permitted, ErB is described as inhibitor of enzymes and protein-protein interactions and is toxic to pituitary
Laura Carmen Apostol et al.
Biodegradation, 23(5), 725-737 (2012-03-23)
Biodegradation of a xanthene dyes was investigated for the first time using anaerobic granular sludge. On a first screening, biomass was able to decolorize, at different extents, six azo dye solutions: acid orange 7, direct black 19, direct blue 71
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