
Tartrazine
Tartrazine is an organic sodium salt which is the trisodium salt of tartrazine acid. A synthetic lemon yellow azo dye used as a food colouring. It has a role as a histological dye and a food colouring. It contains a tartrazine(3-). — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- trisodium;5-oxo-1-(4-sulfonatophenyl)-4-[(4-sulfonatophenyl)diazenyl]-4H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate
- Molecular formula
- C16H9N4Na3O9S2
- Molecular weight
- 534.4 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 533.95040307 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 229.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 12
- Covalent units
- 4
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:9405
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