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CHEBI:9405 - tartrazine

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ChEBI IDCHEBI:9405
ChEBI Nametartrazine
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DefinitionAn organic sodium salt which is the trisodium salt of tartrazine acid. A synthetic lemon yellow azo dye used as a food colouring.
Last Modified22 February 2017
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FormulaC16H9N4O9S2.3Na
Net Charge0
Average Mass534.371
Monoisotopic Mass533.95040
SMILESO=C([O-])C1=NN(c2ccc(S(=O)(=O)[O-])cc2)C(=O)C1/N=N/c1ccc(S(=O)(=O)[O-])cc1.[Na+].[Na+].[Na+]
InChIInChI=1S/C16H12N4O9S2.3Na/c21-15-13(18-17-9-1-5-11(6-2-9)30(24,25)26)14(16(22)23)19-20(15)10-3-7-12(8-4-10)31(27,28)29;;;/h1-8,13H,(H,22,23)(H,24,25,26)(H,27,28,29);;;/q;3*+1/p-3/b18-17+;;;
InChIKeyUJMBCXLDXJUMFB-GLCFPVLVSA-K
Wikipedia
Roles Classification
Biological Role:
food colouring  A food additive that imparts colour to food. In European countries, E-numbers for permitted food colours are from E 100 to E 199, divided into yellows (E 100-109), oranges (E 110-119), reds (E 120-129), blues and violets (E 130-139), greens (E 140-149), browns and blacks (E 150-159), and others (E 160-199).
Applications:
food colouring  A food additive that imparts colour to food. In European countries, E-numbers for permitted food colours are from E 100 to E 199, divided into yellows (E 100-109), oranges (E 110-119), reds (E 120-129), blues and violets (E 130-139), greens (E 140-149), browns and blacks (E 150-159), and others (E 160-199).
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)
tartrazine (CHEBI:9405) has part tartrazine(3−) (CHEBI:68628)
tartrazine (CHEBI:9405) has role food colouring (CHEBI:77182)
tartrazine (CHEBI:9405) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178)
tartrazine (CHEBI:9405) is a organic sodium salt (CHEBI:38700)
IUPAC Name 
trisodium 5-oxo-1-(4-sulfonatophenyl)-4-[(E)-(4-sulfonatophenyl)diazenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate
Synonyms  Source
4,5-Dihydro-5-oxo-1-(4-sulfophenyl)-4-((4-sulfophenyl)azo)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid, trisodium saltChemIDplus
Acid yellow 23ChemIDplus
CI 19140ChemIDplus
E102ChEBI
FD & C Yellow no. 5ChemIDplus
TartrazineKEGG COMPOUND
Manual XrefsDatabases
C07574KEGG COMPOUND
TartrazineWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:11325279Reaxys
Beilstein:906396Beilstein
CAS:1934-21-0ChemIDplus
CAS:1934-21-0KEGG COMPOUND
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