Sudan IV (CHEBI:88014)

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ChEBI Name	Sudan IV

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:88014

Definition	A bis(azo) compound that is 2-naphthol substituted at position 1 by a {2-methyl-4-[(2-methylphenyl)diazenyl]phenyl}diazenyl group. A fat-soluble dye predominantly used for demonstrating triglycerides in frozen sections, but which may also stain some protein bound lipids in paraffin sections.

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

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:82531

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Formula

C24H20N4O

Net Charge

Average Mass

380.443

Monoisotopic Mass

380.16371

InChI

InChI=1S/C24H20N4O/c1-16-7-3-6-10-21(16)26-25-19-12-13-22(17(2)15-19)27-28-24-20-9-5-4-8-18(20)11-14-23(24)29/h3-15,29H,1-2H3

InChIKey

RCTGMCJBQGBLKT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C1=CC=CC(=C1C)N=NC2=CC(=C(C=C2)N=NC3=C4C(=CC=C3O)C=CC=C4)C

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	carcinogenic agent A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities.

Application(s):	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	Sudan IV (CHEBI:88014) has functional parent 2-naphthol (CHEBI:10432) Sudan IV (CHEBI:88014) has role carcinogenic agent (CHEBI:50903) Sudan IV (CHEBI:88014) has role fluorochrome (CHEBI:51217) Sudan IV (CHEBI:88014) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178) Sudan IV (CHEBI:88014) is a azobenzenes (CHEBI:22682) Sudan IV (CHEBI:88014) is a bis(azo) compound (CHEBI:48960) Sudan IV (CHEBI:88014) is a naphthols (CHEBI:25392)

IUPAC Name

1-({2-methyl-4-[(2-methylphenyl)diazenyl]phenyl}diazenyl)naphthalen-2-ol

Synonyms	Sources
1-(2-Methyl-4-(2-methylphenylazo)phenylazo)-2-naphthol	ChemIDplus
1-(4-o-Tolylazo-o-tolylazo)-2-naphthol	ChemIDplus
1-[2-[2-Methyl-4-[2-(2-methylphenyl)diazenyl]phenyl]diazenyl]-2-naphthalenol	KEGG COMPOUND
2',3-Dimethyl-4-(2-hydroxynaphthylazo)azobenzene	ChemIDplus
Biebrich scarlet R	ChEBI
C.I. 26105	ChEBI
C.I. Solvent Red 24	ChemIDplus
scarlet R	ChEBI
scarlet red	ChEBI
scharlach R	ChEBI
solvent red 24	ChEBI

Last Modified

22 February 2017