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Thymol Blue

ACS reagent

Synonym(s):

Thymolsulfonphthalein

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C27H30O5S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
466.59
Beilstein:
368036
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.47

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

form

powder

clarity of soln

passes test

technique(s)

titration: suitable

visual transition interval

1.2-2.8, red to yellow(acid range)
1.2-2.8, red to yellow
8.0-9.2, yellow to blue(alkaline range)
8.0-9.2, yellow to blue

mp

221-224 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

ethanol: 0.1%, clear

density

0.979 g/cm3

λmax

376 nm (2nd)
594 nm

ε (extinction coefficient)

≥12000 at 298-302 nm in 0.1 M NaOH at 0.01 g/L

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

CC(C)c1cc(c(C)cc1O)C2(OS(=O)(=O)c3ccccc23)c4cc(C(C)C)c(O)cc4C

InChI

1S/C27H30O5S/c1-15(2)19-13-22(17(5)11-24(19)28)27(21-9-7-8-10-26(21)33(30,31)32-27)23-14-20(16(3)4)25(29)12-18(23)6/h7-16,28-29H,1-6H3

InChI key

PRZSXZWFJHEZBJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Thymol Blue is a sulfonephthalein dye. It is also known as thymolsulfonphthalein.

Application

Thymol Blue has been used for the in situ spectrophotometric pH measurement.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Thymol Blue is a pH indicator, which is yellow/orange at low pH and blue in color at high pH.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Global stability for convection induced by absorption of radiation.
Straughan B
Dynamics of atmospheres and oceans, 35, 351-361 (2002)
Yong-Doo Park et al.
Journal of protein chemistry, 22(5), 473-480 (2003-12-24)
Sensitive assay methods for tyrosinase are essential not only for the understanding the process of pigment production but also for the development of effective inhibitors of tyrosinase. To develop an efficient assay method, we applied thymol blue to reaction mixtures.
J G Eley et al.
The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology, 41(12), 858-860 (1989-12-01)
The interaction of low density lipoprotein (LDL) with two model dyes in the presence or absence of non-ionic surfactants has been studied. The water soluble dye, thymol blue, only weakly interacts with LDL to cause slight increases in particle size
Naoki Hirayama et al.
Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, 28(6), 541-543 (2012-06-26)
The use of a hydrophilic ionic liquid (IL), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (C(4)mimCl), as a salting-out phase separation agent to a water-tetrahydrofuran homogeneous system was studied for possible applications to novel aqueous biphasic extraction separation. The IL showed a salting-out phase-separation ability.
N Gayathri et al.
Journal of AOAC International, 84(4), 1065-1069 (2001-08-15)
A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of trace amounts of sulfur dioxide. The method is based on the reaction of SO2 with a known excess of ICI as the oxidant. The unreacted ICI iodinates thymol

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