Acriflavine

Property Data Common name Suggested name Other names C.I. number C.I. name Class Ionisation Solubility aqueous Solubility ethanol Absorption maximum Colour Empirical formula Formula weight Acriflavine Acriflavine Trypaflavine 46000 – Acridine Basic 33% Poor 462 & 465 (Aldrich) Orange C14H15N3Cl2 296.2

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

 

Reference
R. D. Lillie.
Conn's Biological Stains
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A.

Susan Budavari, Editor, (1996)
The Merck Index, Ed. 12
Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

Aldrich chemical catalogue, 1992
Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, WI, USA.