Chicago Sky Blue 6B
SIGMA/C8679 - powder
Synonym: Direct Blue 1; Pontamine sky blue
CAS Number: 2610-05-1
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C34H24N6Na4O16S4
Molecular Weight: 992.80
EC Number: 220-026-8
MDL Number: MFCD00004020
Linear Formula: C34H24N6Na4O16S4
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | diagnostic assay manufacturing hematology histology |
| color | blue |
| composition | Dye content, ~80% |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/C34H28N6O16S4.4Na/c1-5 |
| InChI key | BPHHNXJPFPEJOF-GPTZEZBUSA |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | [Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].C |
| solubility | H2O: 10 mg/mL |
| storage temp. | room temp |
| Application: | Chicago Sky Blue 6B is a counterstain for background autofluorescence in fluorescence and immunofluorescence histochemistry. It has also been used as a filling in glass pipette electrodes for electrophysiological recordings in the brain sections of rats. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Chicago Sky Blue 6B is a large organic acid, structurally related to glutamate, that is a potent and efficient competitive inhibitor of vesicular glutamate uptake. |
| Packaging: | 25 g in glass bottle |
| Symbol | GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H350 |
| Precautionary statements | P201 - P308 + P313 |
| Hazard Codes | T |
| Risk Statements | 45 |
| Safety Statements | 53-45 |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Storage Temp. | room temp |
| Colour Index Number | 24410 |
| UNSPSC | 12171500 |


