Bromocresol Green, MP Biomedicals™

Description

Bromocresol Green is a tracking dye for DNA agarose electrophoresis and pH indicator.

• Bromocresol Green is a dye of the triphenylmethane family (triarylmethane dyes).
• It binds quantitatively with human albumin forming an intense blue-green complex with an absorbance maximum at 628 nm.
• Bromocresol Green is useful in a variety of colorimetric detection technologies.
• It is used as a tracking dye for DNA agarose gel electrophoresis, in protein determinations and in charge-transfer complexation processes.
• In TLC, it is used for visualisation of the compounds with functional groups whose pKa is below 5.0.

Specifications

Chemical Identifiers

• CAS: 62625-32-5
• Molecular Formula: C21H13Br4NaO5S
• Molecular Weight (g/mol): 720.00
• InChI Key: HEFSGAHJDGZCHA-UHFFFAOYNA-M
• IUPAC Name: sodium 2,6-dibromo-4-[3-(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxy-2-methylphenyl)-1,1-dioxo-3H-2,1λ⁶-benzoxathiol-3-yl]-3-methylbenzen-1-olate
• SMILES: [Na+].CC1=C(Br)C(O)=C(Br)C=C1C1(OS(=O)(=O)C2=CC=CC=C12)C1=CC(Br)=C([O-])C(Br)=C1C

• Melting Point: 230°C (Decomposition)
• Grade: ACS
• Quantity: 5 g

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