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Chicago Sky Blue 6B

powder

Synonym(s):

Direct Blue 1, Pontamine sky blue

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C34H24N6Na4O16S4
CAS Number:
2610-05-1
Molecular Weight:
992.80
PubChem Substance ID:
24893095
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
Colour Index Number:
24410
NACRES:
NA.47
EC Number:
220-026-8
MDL number:
MFCD00004020

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Product Name

Chicago Sky Blue 6B, powder

InChI key

BPHHNXJPFPEJOF-GPTZEZBUSA-J

InChI

1S/C34H28N6O16S4.4Na/c1-55-23-11-15(3-7-19(23)37-39-21-9-5-17-25(57(43,44)45)13-27(59(49,50)51)31(35)29(17)33(21)41)16-4-8-20(24(12-16)56-2)38-40-22-10-6-18-26(58(46,47)48)14-28(60(52,53)54)32(36)30(18)34(22)42;;;;/h3-14,41-42H,35-36H2,1-2H3,(H,43,44,45)(H,46,47,48)(H,49,50,51)(H,52,53,54);;;;/q;4*+1/p-4/b39-37+,40-38+;;;;

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].COc1cc(ccc1\N=N\c2ccc3c(cc(c(N)c3c2O)S([O-])(=O)=O)S([O-])(=O)=O)-c4ccc(\N=N\c5ccc6c(cc(c(N)c6c5O)S([O-])(=O)=O)S([O-])(=O)=O)c(OC)c4

form

powder

composition

Dye content, ~80%

color

blue

solubility

H2O: 10 mg/mL

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

Quality Level

200

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Application

Chicago Sky Blue 6B is a counterstain for background autofluorescence in fluorescence and immunofluorescence histochemistry. It has also been used as a filling in glass pipette electrodes for electrophysiological recordings in the brain sections of rats.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Chicago Sky Blue 6B is a large organic acid, structurally related to glutamate, that is a potent and efficient competitive inhibitor of vesicular glutamate uptake.

pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H350

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 1B

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

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