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Iodine Green

Iodine Green

Ionisation: Basic

Chemical structure of Iodine Green

Common Name: Iodine green
Suggested Name: Iodine green
Other Names:

C.I. Number: 42556
C.I. Name:
Color: Green
Solubility Aqueous: Soluble
Solubility Ethanol: Soluble
Absorption Maximum: ?630, ?420
Empirical Formula: C27H35N3Cl2
Formula Weight: 472.5

Description

Iodine green is closely related to methyl green and ethyl green, but has one more methyl group than methyl green. It is not commonly used in human histotechnology, but may have similar staining characteristics to its relatives. Lillie notes that it has been used for staining chromatin and that it stains amyloid red.

Absorption data above is not accurate.

Compare this dye to methyl green.

References

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