nile red (CHEBI:52169)

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ChEBI Name	nile red

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:52169

Definition	An organic heterotetracyclic compound that is 5H-benzo[a]phenoxazin-5-one substituted at position 9 by a diethylamino group.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:90317

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Formula

C20H18N2O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

318.370

Monoisotopic Mass

318.13683

InChI

InChI=1S/C20H18N2O2/c1-3-22(4-2)13-9-10-16-18(11-13)24-19-12-17(23)14-7-5-6-8-15(14)20(19)21-16/h5-12H,3-4H2,1-2H3

InChIKey

VOFUROIFQGPCGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C=12C=CC(=CC1OC=3C(=N2)C4=C(C(C3)=O)C=CC=C4)N(CC)CC

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Bronsted base A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid). (via organic amino compound )

Application(s):	fluorochrome A fluorescent dye used to stain biological specimens. 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	nile red (CHEBI:52169) has role fluorochrome (CHEBI:51217) nile red (CHEBI:52169) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178) nile red (CHEBI:52169) is a aromatic amine (CHEBI:33860) nile red (CHEBI:52169) is a cyclic ketone (CHEBI:3992) nile red (CHEBI:52169) is a organic heterotetracyclic compound (CHEBI:38163) nile red (CHEBI:52169) is a tertiary amino compound (CHEBI:50996)

IUPAC Name

9-(diethylamino)-5H-benzo[a]phenoxazin-5-one

Last Modified

09 February 2016