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Bromocresol Green

ACS reagent, Dye content 95 %

Synonym(s):

BCG; 2,6-dibromo-4-[3-(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxy-2-methylphenyl)-1,1-dioxo-2,1λ6-benzoxathiol-3-yl]-3-methylphenol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C21H14Br4O5S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
698.01
Beilstein:
372527
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.47

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

Assay

≥95% (After Oxygen Combustion, silver nitrate titration)

form

powder

composition

Dye content, 95%

visual transition interval

3.8, yellow(passes test)
3.8-5.4, yellow to blue(passes test)
4.5, green
5.4, blue

mp

225 °C (dec.) (lit.)

λmax

423 nm

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

Cc1c(Br)c(O)c(Br)cc1C2(OS(=O)(=O)c3ccccc23)c4cc(Br)c(O)c(Br)c4C

InChI

1S/C21H14Br4O5S/c1-9-12(7-14(22)19(26)17(9)24)21(13-8-15(23)20(27)18(25)10(13)2)11-5-3-4-6-16(11)31(28,29)30-21/h3-8,26-27H,1-2H3

InChI key

FRPHFZCDPYBUAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Bromocresol Green is a synthetic triphenylmethane dye that is anionic in nature. At pH 3.8-5.4, it changes color from yellow to blue-green, and is therefore, commonly used as a pH indicator.

Application

Bromocresol green serves as a pH indicator in biology and medicinal experiments.
  • It is used widely as a vital stain to study blood-brain permeability.
  • It has been used in the pH-sensitive colorimetric determination of glutamate decarboxylase activity.
  • It has also been employed in the evaluation of paper-analytical devices for colorimetric analysis of serum samples.
  • It is used as a tracking dye for DNA agarose gel electrophoresis, in protein determinations, and in charge-transfer complexation processes.
  • It is used in TLC for the visualization of compounds with functional groups whose pKa is below 5.0.

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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Fanya Ismail et al.
The Analyst, 136(4), 807-815 (2010-12-02)
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Martina O' Toole et al.
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A novel inexpensive optical-sensing technique has been developed for colorimetric flow analysis. This sensing system employs two LEDs whereby one is used as the light source and the other as a light detector. The LED used as light detector is
Kai Yu et al.
Enzyme and microbial technology, 49(3), 272-276 (2011-11-25)
A pH-sensitive colorimetric assay has been established to quantitatively measure glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) activity in bacterial cell extracts using a microplate format. GAD catalyzes the irreversible α-decarboxylation of L-glutamate to γ-aminobutyrate. The assay is based on the color change of
Janeta Starosvetsky et al.
Journal of microbiological methods, 92(2), 178-182 (2012-11-28)
High concentrations of H(2)S in groundwater are commonly removed using Biological Trickling Filter (BTF) that contains high numbers of biofilm immobilized sulfur oxidizing bacteria (mainly Thiobacillus thiooxidans). BTF performance requires continuous monitoring of these bacteria at several sampling points. The
Yu-Chang Chang et al.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 11(4), 4060-4072 (2011-12-14)
A meso-structured Al-MCM-41 material was impregnated with bromocresol green (BG) dye and then incorporated into a UV-Vis DRA spectroscopic instrument for the online detection of ammonia gas. The absorption response of the Al-MCM-41/BG ammonia sensing material was very sensitive at

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