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CAS Registry Number®
61-73-4
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CAS Name
Methylene blueMolecular Formula
C16H18N3S.ClCite this Page
Methylene blue. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=61-73-4 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 61-73-4). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
100-110 °C (decomp)Density (2)
1.31 g/cm³
Source(s)
- (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
- (2) Warwicker, J. O.; Journal of the Chemical Society, (1955), 2531, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C16H18N3S.ClH/c1-18(2)11-5-7-13-15(9-11)20-16-10-12(19(3)4)6-8-14(16)17-13;/h5-10H,1-4H3;1H/q+1;/p-1
InChIKey
InChIKey=CXKWCBBOMKCUKX-UHFFFAOYSA-M
SMILES
N(C)(C)C1=CC2=C(N=C3C(=[S+]2)C=C(N(C)C)C=C3)C=C1.[Cl-]
Canonical SMILES
[Cl-].N=1C2=CC=C(C=C2[S+]=C3C=C(C=CC13)N(C)C)N(C)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Phenothiazin-5-ium, 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-, chloride (1:1)
- C.I. Basic Blue 9
- Phenothiazin-5-ium, 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-, chloride
- C.I. 52015
- Aizen Methylene Blue FZ
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
97130-83-1, 105504-42-5, 121067-62-7, 1341-90-8, 6476-03-5, 12262-49-6, 167498-52-4, 923927-02-0, 1001913-24-1, 1001914-35-7, 1219638-11-5
