tolonium chloride (CHEBI:87647)

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ChEBI Name	tolonium chloride

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:87647

Definition	An organic chloride salt having 3-amino-7-(dimethylamino)-2-methylphenothiazin-5-ium (tolonium) as the counterion. It is a blue nuclear counterstain that can be used to demonstrate Nissl substance and is also useful for staining mast cell granules, both in metachromatic and orthochromatic techniques.

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Formula

C15H16ClN3S

Net Charge

Average Mass

305.82600

Monoisotopic Mass

305.07535

InChI

InChI=1S/C15H16N3S.ClH/c1-9-6-13-15(8-11(9)16)19-14-7-10(18(2)3)4-5-12(14)17-13;/h4-8H,16H2,1-3H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChIKey

HNONEKILPDHFOL-UHFFFAOYSA-M

SMILES

[Cl-].CN(C)c1ccc2nc3cc(C)c(N)cc3[s+]c2c1

Roles Classification
Application(s):	fluorochrome A fluorescent dye used to stain biological specimens. 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. diagnostic agent A substance administered to aid diagnosis of a disease.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	tolonium chloride (CHEBI:87647) has part tolonium (CHEBI:87648) tolonium chloride (CHEBI:87647) has role diagnostic agent (CHEBI:33295) tolonium chloride (CHEBI:87647) has role fluorochrome (CHEBI:51217) tolonium chloride (CHEBI:87647) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178) tolonium chloride (CHEBI:87647) is a organic chloride salt (CHEBI:36094)

IUPAC Name

3-amino-7-(dimethylamino)-2-methylphenothiazin-5-ium chloride

Synonyms	Sources
3-Amino-7-(dimethylamino)-2-(methylphenazathionium) chloride	ChemIDplus
basic blue 17	ChEBI
Blutene chloride	ChemIDplus
C.I. 52040	ChEBI
C.I. 925	ChemIDplus
C.I. Basic Blue 17	ChemIDplus
Dimethyltoluthionine chloride	ChemIDplus
toloni chloridum	ChemIDplus
Toluidene Blue O Chloride	ChemIDplus
Toluidinblau	ChemIDplus
toluidine blue	ChEBI
toluidine blue O	ChEBI

Last Modified

25 August 2015