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CHEBI:88215 - osmium tetroxide
| Formula | O4Os |
| Net Charge | 0 |
| Average Mass | 254.226 |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 255.94114 |
| SMILES | [O]=[Os](=[O])(=[O])=[O] |
| InChI | InChI=1S/4O.Os |
| InChIKey | VUVGYHUDAICLFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| Wikipedia |
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| Roles Classification |
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| Chemical Roles: | oxidising agent A substance that removes electrons from another reactant in a redox reaction. NMR chemical shift reference compound Any compound that produces a peak used as reference frequency in the δ chemical shift scale. |
| 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. fixative Any compound used for the purpose of preserving biological tissues from decay in such a way as to allow for the preparation of thin, stained sections for subsequent histological study. |
| 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. NMR chemical shift reference compound Any compound that produces a peak used as reference frequency in the δ chemical shift scale. |
| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| osmium tetroxide (CHEBI:88215) has role fixative (CHEBI:50913) |
| osmium tetroxide (CHEBI:88215) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178) |
| osmium tetroxide (CHEBI:88215) has role NMR chemical shift reference compound (CHEBI:228364) |
| osmium tetroxide (CHEBI:88215) has role oxidising agent (CHEBI:63248) |
| osmium tetroxide (CHEBI:88215) has role poison (CHEBI:64909) |
| osmium tetroxide (CHEBI:88215) is a osmium coordination entity (CHEBI:35731) |
| IUPAC Name |
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| tetraoxoosmium |
| Synonyms | Source |
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| Perosmic acid anhydride | ChemIDplus |
| Osmic acid anhydride | ChemIDplus |
| Osmium tetraoxide | ChemIDplus |
| Osmium oxide | ChemIDplus |
| Osmic acid | ChemIDplus |
| Perosmic oxide | ChemIDplus |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| Osmium_tetroxide | Wikipedia |
| Registry Numbers | Sources |
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| Reaxys:11406415 | Reaxys |
| CAS:20816-12-0 | ChemIDplus |
| CAS:20816-12-0 | NIST Chemistry WebBook |
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