CHEBI:85681 - water blue

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ChEBI Name water blue
ChEBI ID CHEBI:85681
Definition An organic sodium salt resulting from the formal condensation of NSC 56820 with 2 mol eq. of sodium hydroxide. It is used as a histological stain for collagen and in Mallory's method for connective tissue.
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Formula C32H25N3O9S3.Na.Na
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 737.720
Monoisotopic Mass 737.05483
InChI InChI=1S/C32H27N3O9S3.2Na/c1-20-18-23(19-30(32(20)33)47(42,43)44)31(21-2-6-24(7-3-21)34-26-10-14-28(15-11-26)45(36,37)38)22-4-8-25(9-5-22)35-27-12-16-29(17-13-27)46(39,40)41;;/h2-19,34H,33H2,1H3,(H,36,37,38)(H,39,40,41)(H,42,43,44);;/q;2*+1/p-2/b31-22-,35-25+;;
InChIKey XOSXWYQMOYSSKB-LDKJGXKFSA-L
SMILES [Na+].[Na+].[H][N+](C1=CC=C(C=C1)S([O-])(=O)=O)=C1C=CC(C=C1)=C(C1=CC=C(NC2=CC=C(C=C2)S([O-])(=O)=O)C=C1)C1=CC(C)=C(N)C(=C1)S([O-])(=O)=O
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Application(s): histological dye
A dye used in microscopic or electron microscopic examination of cells and tissues to give contrast and to highlight particular features of interest, such as nuclei and cytoplasm.
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Outgoing water blue (CHEBI:85681) has part NSC 56820(2−) (CHEBI:86250)
water blue (CHEBI:85681) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178)
water blue (CHEBI:85681) is a organic sodium salt (CHEBI:38700)
Incoming aniline blue WS (CHEBI:87471) has part water blue (CHEBI:85681)
IUPAC Name
disodium 2-amino-3-methyl-5-({4-[(4-sulfonatophenyl)amino]phenyl}{4-[(4-sulfonatophenyl)iminio]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene}methyl)benzenesulfonate
Synonyms Sources
Acid Blue 22 ChemIDplus
Aniline Blue ChemIDplus
C.I. 42755 ChemIDplus
C.I. Acid Blue 22 ChemIDplus
Cotton blue ChemIDplus
Marine Blue V ChemIDplus
Soluble Blue 3M ChemIDplus
Manual Xref Database
Water_blue Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
28631-66-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
9249268 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
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Last Modified
02 May 2023