
C.I. Direct Red 81 disodium salt
Sirius red 4B is an organic sodium salt resulting from the formal condensation of Sirius red 4B (acid form) with two equivalents of sodium hydroxide. Used as the plasma stain in some trichrome staining methods. It has a role as a fluorochrome, a poison, a histological dye and an environmental contaminant. It contains a Sirius red 4B(2-). — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- disodium;7-benzamido-4-hydroxy-3-[[4-[(4-sulfonatophenyl)diazenyl]phenyl]diazenyl]naphthalene-2-sulfonate
- Molecular formula
- C29H19N5Na2O8S2
- Molecular weight
- 675.6 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 675.04704349 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 230.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 12
- Covalent units
- 3
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:88191
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL3182005
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5041726
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