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Dilithium 6-amino-2-(hydrazinecarbonyl)-1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[de]isoquinoline-5,8-disulfonate | |
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C13H10Li2N4O9S2 |
| Molar mass | 444.24 g·mol−1 |
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Lucifer yellow is a fluorescent dye used in cell biology.[1] The key property of Lucifer yellow is that it can be readily visualized in both living and fixed cells using a fluorescence microscope. Lucifer yellow was invented by Walter W. Stewart at the National Institutes of Health and patented in 1978.[2]
For common usage it is compounded with carbohydrazide (CH) and prepared as a lithium salt. The CH group allows it to be covalently linked to surrounding biomolecules during aldehyde fixation.[3]
Other cations such as ammonium or potassium can be used when lithium is undesirable, but the resulting salts are less soluble in water.
Lucifer yellow can also be compounded as a vinyl sulfone, with ethylenediamine, or with cadaverine. [clarification needed]
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Categories: [Fluorescent dyes] [Hydrazides] [Sulfonates] [Heterocyclic compounds with 3 rings] [Nitrogen heterocycles] [Lithium compounds]