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CHEBI:88176 - brilliant green cation

Default Structure
ChEBI IDCHEBI:88176
ChEBI Namebrilliant green cation
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DefinitionAn iminium ion that is the cationic component of the histological dye 'brilliant green'.
Last Modified22 February 2017
SubmitterSteve
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FormulaC27H33N2
Net Charge+1
Average Mass385.575
Monoisotopic Mass385.26383
SMILESCCN(CC)c1ccc(C(=C2C=CC(=[N+](CC)CC)C=C2)c2ccccc2)cc1
InChIInChI=1S/C27H33N2/c1-5-28(6-2)25-18-14-23(15-19-25)27(22-12-10-9-11-13-22)24-16-20-26(21-17-24)29(7-3)8-4/h9-21H,5-8H2,1-4H3/q+1
InChIKeyHXCILVUBKWANLN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
environmental contaminant  Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.
Biological Roles:
poison  Any substance that causes disturbance to organisms by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by the organism.
antibacterial agent  A substance (or active part thereof) that kills or slows the growth of bacteria.
Applications:
antiseptic drug  A substance used locally on humans and other animals to destroy harmful microorganisms or to inhibit their activity (cf. disinfectants, which destroy microorganisms found on non-living objects, and antibiotics, which can be transported through the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria within the body).
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.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
brilliant green cation (CHEBI:88176) has role antibacterial agent (CHEBI:33282)
brilliant green cation (CHEBI:88176) has role antiseptic drug (CHEBI:48218)
brilliant green cation (CHEBI:88176) has role environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298)
brilliant green cation (CHEBI:88176) has role fluorochrome (CHEBI:51217)
brilliant green cation (CHEBI:88176) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178)
brilliant green cation (CHEBI:88176) has role poison (CHEBI:64909)
brilliant green cation (CHEBI:88176) is a iminium ion (CHEBI:35286)
Incoming Relation(s)
brilliant green (CHEBI:88173) has part brilliant green cation (CHEBI:88176)
IUPAC Name 
4-{[4-(diethylamino)phenyl](phenyl)methylidene}-N,N-diethylcyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-iminium
Synonym  Source
brilliant green(1+)ChEBI
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