Naphthalenesulfonates
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Sulfonic acid
Sulfonic acid usually refers to a member of the class of organosulfur compounds with the general formula RS2–OH, where R is an alkyl or aryl. The formal part of acid, HS2–OH, are formally derivatives of the "parent" inorganic compound with the formula HSO2.-Preparation:Sulfonic acid is...
which contain a naphthalene
Naphthalene
Naphthalene is an organic compound with formula . It is a white crystalline solid with a characteristic odor that is detectable at concentrations as low as 0.08 ppm by mass. As an aromatic hydrocarbon, naphthalene's structure consists of a fused pair of benzene rings...
functional unit.
Examples include:
- amaranth dye
- amido blackAmido blackAmido black 10B is an amino acid staining diazo dye used in biochemical research to stain for total protein on transferred membrane blots. It is also used in criminal investigations to detect blood present with latent fingerprints. It stains the proteins in blood a blue-black color. Amido Black...
- armstrong's acidArmstrong's acidArmstrong's acid is a strong acid which is related to toluenesulfonic acid and is used in chemical synthesis. It was named for British chemist Henry Edward Armstrong. It is sometimes used as a divalent counterion for forming salts of basic drug compounds, as an alternative to the related mesylate...
- congo redCongo redCongo red is the sodium salt of 3,3'-bis. It is a secondary diazo dye...
- evans blueEvans blueT-1824 or Evans Blue, often incorrectly rendered as Evan's Blue, is an azo dye which has a very high affinity for serum albumin. Because of this, it can be useful in physiology in estimating the proportion of body water contained in blood plasma....
- suraminSuraminSuramin is a drug developed by Oskar Dressel and Richard Kothe of Bayer, Germany in 1916, and is still sold by Bayer under the brand name Germanin.According to the National Cancer Institute there are no active clinical trials...
- trypan blueTrypan blueTrypan blue is a vital stain used to selectively colour dead tissues or cells blue. It is a diazo dye.Live cells or tissues with intact cell membranes are not coloured. Since cells are very selective in the compounds that pass through the membrane, in a viable cell trypan blue is not absorbed;...