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Acriflavine

Dye

Acriflavine

Class: Acridine
Ionisation: Basic

Chemical structure of Acriflavine

Common Name: Acriflavine
Suggested Name: Acriflavine
Other Names:

Trypaflavine

C.I. Number: 46000
C.I. Name: –
Color: Orange
Solubility Aqueous: 33%
Solubility Ethanol: 33%
Absorption Maximum: 462 & 465 (Aldrich)
Empirical Formula: C14H15N3Cl2
Formula Weight: 296.2

Description

Acriflavine is primarily used as an antiseptic. As a histological dye, it can be used to make a good fluorescent yellow Schiff's reagent.

References

  1. R. D. Lillie.
    Conn’s Biological Stains
    Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A.
  2. Susan Budavari, Editor,
    The Merck Index, Ed. 12
    Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA
  3. Aldrich chemical catalogue, 1992
    Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, WI, USA.