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CHEBI:87372 - 1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonic acid

Default Structure
ChEBI IDCHEBI:87372
ChEBI Name1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonic acid
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DefinitionA hexahydroxyanthraquinone that is 1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone carrying two additional sulfo groups at positions 2 and 6. The disodium salt is the biological stain 'alizarin cyanin BBS'.
Last Modified7 August 2015
SubmitterSteve
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FormulaC14H8O14S2
Net Charge0
Average Mass464.338
Monoisotopic Mass463.93555
SMILESO=C1c2c(O)c(O)c(S(=O)(=O)O)c(O)c2C(=O)c2c(O)c(O)c(S(=O)(=O)O)c(O)c21
InChIInChI=1S/C14H8O14S2/c15-5-1-3(9(19)13(29(23,24)25)11(21)7(1)17)6(16)2-4(5)10(20)14(30(26,27)28)12(22)8(2)18/h17-22H,(H,23,24,25)(H,26,27,28)
InChIKeyPSJDSNYTNOHIER-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Roles Classification
Application:
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.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonic acid (CHEBI:87372) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178)
1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonic acid (CHEBI:87372) is a hexahydroxyanthraquinone (CHEBI:37499)
1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonic acid (CHEBI:87372) is a organosulfonic acid (CHEBI:33551)
1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonic acid (CHEBI:87372) is conjugate acid of 1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonate (CHEBI:87371)
Incoming Relation(s)
1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonate (CHEBI:87371) is conjugate base of 1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonic acid (CHEBI:87372)
IUPAC Name 
1,3,4,5,7,8-hexahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2,6-disulfonic acid
Synonym  Source
alizarin cyanin BBS free acidChEBI
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:3522175Reaxys