
D&C Red No. 8
D&C Red No. 8 can cause cancer according to The Food and Drug Administration (FDA). — California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
- IUPAC name
- sodium 5-chloro-2-[(2-hydroxynaphthalen-1-yl)diazenyl]-4-methylbenzenesulfonate
- Molecular formula
- C17H12ClN2NaO4S
- Molecular weight
- 398.8 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 398.0104000 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 111.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 6
- Covalent units
- 2
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID6062173
Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.