Rhodamine 6G

Rhodamine 6G
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
9-[2-(Ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl]-N-ethyl-6-(ethylamino)-2,7-dimethyl-3H-xanthen-3-iminium chloride
Other names
Rhodamine 590, R6G, Rh6G, C.I. Pigment Red 81, C.I. Pigment Red 169, Basic Rhodamine Yellow, C.I. 45160
Identifiers
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
DrugBank
ECHA InfoCard 100.012.350
EC Number
  • 213-584-9
KEGG
RTECS number
  • DH0175000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C28H30N2O3.ClH/c1-6-29-23-15-25-21(13-17(23)4)27(19-11-9-10-12-20(19)28(31)32-8-3)22-14-18(5)24(30-7-2)16-26(22)33-25;/h9-16,29H,6-8H2,1-5H3;1H/b30-24-; Y
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Properties
C28H31N2O3Cl
Molar mass 479.02 g/mol
Appearance dark reddish purple, brown or black crystalline solid
Density 1.26 g/cm3
20 g/L (25 °C)
Solubility in methanol 400 g/L
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Warning
H301, H302, H318, H410, H411
P264, P270, P273, P280, P301+P310, P301+P312, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P330, P391, P405, P501
Safety data sheet (SDS) External MSDS
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Rhodamine 6G /ˈrdəmn/ is a highly fluorescent rhodamine family dye. It is often used as a tracer dye within water to determine the rate and direction of flow and transport. Rhodamine dyes fluoresce and can thus be detected easily and inexpensively with instruments called fluorometers. Rhodamine dyes are used extensively in biotechnology applications such as fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and ELISA.