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CHEBI:52261 - rose bengal

ChEBI IDCHEBI:52261
ChEBI Namerose bengal
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DefinitionAn organic potassium salt that is the dipotassium salt of 2,3,4,5-tetrachloro-6-(2,4,5,7-tetraiodo-6-hydroxy-3-oxoxanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid.
Secondary ChEBI IDCHEBI:87199
Last Modified29 July 2015
SubmitterInma Spiteri, Steve
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FormulaC20H2Cl4I4O5.2K
Net Charge0
Average Mass1049.855
Monoisotopic Mass1047.41094
SMILESO=C([O-])c1c(Cl)c(Cl)c(Cl)c(Cl)c1-c1c2cc(I)c(=O)c(I)c-2oc2c(I)c([O-])c(I)cc12.[K+].[K+]
InChIInChI=1S/C20H4Cl4I4O5.2K/c21-10-8(9(20(31)32)11(22)13(24)12(10)23)7-3-1-5(25)16(29)14(27)18(3)33-19-4(7)2-6(26)17(30)15(19)28;;/h1-2,29H,(H,31,32);;/q;2*+1/p-2
InChIKeyAZJPTIGZZTZIDR-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Roles Classification
Applications:
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.
fluorochrome  A fluorescent dye used to stain biological specimens.
dye 
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
rose bengal (CHEBI:52261) has functional parent fluorescin (CHEBI:42492)
rose bengal (CHEBI:52261) has part rose bengal(2−) (CHEBI:52904)
rose bengal (CHEBI:52261) has role fluorochrome (CHEBI:51217)
rose bengal (CHEBI:52261) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178)
rose bengal (CHEBI:52261) is a organic potassium salt (CHEBI:50394)
rose bengal (CHEBI:52261) is a xanthene dye (CHEBI:37929)
IUPAC Name 
dipotassium 2,3,4,5-tetrachloro-6-(2,4,5,7-tetraiodo-6-oxido-3-oxo-3H-xanthen-9-yl)benzoate
Synonyms  Source
Rose bengaleChemIDplus
Bengal roseChemIDplus
Red No. 105ChemIDplus
Acid red 94ChEBI
C.I. 45440ChEBI
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:4121962Reaxys
CAS:11121-48-5ChemIDplus
Citations