New fuchsine

New fuchsine
Names
Other names
new fuchsin, Magenta III, Basic Violet 2, C.I. 42520
Identifiers
ChEBI
ECHA InfoCard 100.019.847
Properties
C22H24N3Cl
Appearance green powder
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

New fuchsine, (from German "fuchs", fox) is an organic compound with the formula [(CH3N(H)CH3C6H3)3C]Cl. It is a green-colored solid that is used as a dye. It is one of the four components of basic fuchsine, and one of the two that are available as single dyes.[1] The other is pararosaniline.

It is prepared by condensation of N-methyltoluidine with xylidene in the presence of hydrochloric acid.

Use as dye and stain

It is used to dye polyacrylonitrile, paper, and leather.[2]

New fuchsine can be used for staining acid-fast organisms, e.g. by Ziehl-Neelsen stain, and for making Schiff's reagent. As a primary amine, the dye can be diazotized in the laboratory, and the resulting diazonium salt used as a trapping agent in enzyme histochemistry.[3]

See also

References

  1. Horobin RW, Kiernan JA (2002) Conn's Biological Stains, 10th ed. Oxford: BIOS.
  2. Thomas Gessner and Udo Mayer "Triarylmethane and Diarylmethane Dyes" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2002, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.doi:10.1002/14356007.a27_179
  3. Lojda Z, Gossrau R, Schiebler TH (1979) Enzyme Histochemistry. A Laboratory Manual. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.


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