Fuchsine

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Fuchsine
Rosaniline hydrochloride.png
Solid Basic Fuchsine
Solid Basic Fuchsine
Basic Fuchsine in aqueous solution
Basic Fuchsine in aqueous solution
Names
IUPAC name
4-[(4-Aminophenyl)-(4-imino-1-cyclohexa-2,5-dienylidene)methyl]aniline hydrochloride
Identifiers
632-99-5 YesY
ChEBI CHEBI:87665 YesY
ChemSpider 10468578 N
Jmol 3D model Interactive image
RTECS number 8053-09-6
UNII 8UUC89LHB2 YesY
  • InChI=1S/C20H19N3.ClH/c1-13-12-16(6-11-19(13)23)20(14-2-7-17(21)8-3-14)15-4-9-18(22)10-5-15;/h2-12,21H,22-23H2,1H3;1H/b20-14-,21-17?; N
    Key: NIKFYOSELWJIOF-SVFFXJIWSA-N N
  • InChI=1/C20H19N3.ClH/c1-13-12-16(6-11-19(13)23)20(14-2-7-17(21)8-3-14)15-4-9-18(22)10-5-15;/h2-12,21H,22-23H2,1H3;1H/b20-14-,21-17?;
    Key: NIKFYOSELWJIOF-SVFFXJIWBQ
  • [Cl-].[NH2+]=C\1/C=C\C(C=C/1)=C(\c2ccc(N)c(C)c2)c3ccc(N)cc3
Properties
C20H20N3·HCl
Molar mass 337.86 g/mol (hydrochloride)
Appearance Dark green powder
Melting point 200 °C (392 °F; 473 K)
2650 mg/L (25 °C (77 °F))
log P 2.920
Vapor pressure 7.49×10−10 mmHg (25 °C)
2.28×10−15 atm⋅m3/mole (25 °C)
Atmospheric OH rate constant
 4.75×10−10 cm3/molecule⋅sec (25 °C)
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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
Picture of Basic Fuchsine Pieces, C.I. 42500.

Fuchsine (sometimes spelled fuchsin) or rosaniline hydrochloride is a magenta dye with chemical formula C20H19N3·HCl.[1][2] There are other similar chemical formulations of products sold as fuchsine, and several dozen other synonyms of this molecule.[1]

It becomes magenta when dissolved in water; as a solid, it forms dark green crystals. As well as dying textiles, fuchsine is used to stain bacteria and sometimes as a disinfectant. In the literature of biological stains the name of this dye is frequently misspelled, with omission of the terminal -e, which indicates an amine.[3] American and English dictionaries (Webster's, Oxford, Chambers, etc.) give the correct spelling, which is also used in the literature of industrial dyeing.[4] It is well established that production of fuchsine results in development of bladder cancers by production workers. Production of magenta is listed as a circumstance known to result in cancer.[5]

History

Fuchsine was first prepared by August Wilhelm von Hofmann from aniline and carbon tetrachloride in 1858.[6][7] François-Emmanuel Verguin discovered the substance independently of Hofmann the same year and patented it.[8] Fuchsine was named by its original manufacturer Renard frères et Franc,[9] is usually cited with one of two etymologies: from the color of the flowers of the plant genus Fuchsia,[10] named in honor of botanist Leonhart Fuchs, or as the German translation Fuchs of the French name Renard, which means fox.[11] An 1861 article in Répertoire de Pharmacie said that the name was chosen for both reasons.[12][13]

Acid fuchsine

Acid fuchsine is a mixture of homologues of basic fuchsine, modified by addition of sulfonic groups. While this yields twelve possible isomers, all of them are satisfactory despite slight differences in their properties.[citation needed]

Basic fuchsine

Basic fuchsine is a mixture of rosaniline, pararosaniline, new fuchsine and Magenta II.[14] Formulations usable for making of Schiff reagent must have high content of pararosanilin. The actual composition of basic fuchsine tends to somewhat vary by vendor and batch, making the batches differently suitable for different purposes.

In solution with phenol (also called carbolic acid) as an accentuator[15] it is called carbol fuchsin and is used for the Ziehl–Neelsen and other similar acid-fast staining of the mycobacteria which cause tuberculosis, leprosy etc.[16] Basic fuchsine is widely used in biology to stain the nucleus.

Properties

The 'crystals', pictured at the right are of basic fuchsine, also known as basic violet 14, basic red 9, pararosanaline or CI 42500. Their structure differs from the structure shown above by the absence of the methyl group on the upper ring, otherwise they are quite similar.

They are soft, with a hardness of less than 1, about the same as or less than talc. They possess a strong metallic lustre and a green yellow color. They leave dark greenish streaks on paper and when these are moistened with a solvent, the strong magenta colour appears. The two magenta stains on the paper were made by placing one drop of ethanol-water azeotrope, centre, and water, right, on the streaks remaining on the paper after the 'crystals' were removed. The 'crystals' were then replaced and the photograph taken.

Chemical structure

Fuchsine is an amine salt and has three amine groups, two primary amines and a secondary amine. If one of these is protonated to form ABCNH+, the positive charge is delocalized across the whole symmetrical molecule due to pi cloud electron movement.

The positive charge can be thought of as residing on the central carbon atom and all three "wings" becoming identical aromatic rings terminated by a primary amine group.[clarification needed] Other resonance structures can be conceived, where the positive charge "moves" from one amine group to the next, or one third of the positive charge resides on each amine group. The ability of fuchsine to be protonated by a stronger acid gives it its basic property. The positive charge is neutralized by the negative charge on the chloride ion. The positive "basic fuchsinium ions" and negative chloride ions stack to form the salt "crystals" depicted above.

See also

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Basic chemical data". Discovery Series online database, Developmental Therapeutics Program, U.S. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
  2. ↑ Goyal, S.K. "Use of rosaniline hydrochloride dye for atmospheric SO2 determination and method sensitivity analysis". Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 3, 666–670, doi:10.1039/b106209n. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
  3. ↑ Baker JR (1958) Principles of Biological Microtechnique. London: Methuen.
  4. ↑ Hunger K (2003) Industrial Dyes. Chemistry, Properties, Applications. Weinheim: wiley-VHC.
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  9. ↑ Béchamp, M. A. (January–June 1860.) "Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 1860. (T. 50)." French Academy of Sciences, Mallet-Bachelier: Paris, tome 50, page 861. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
  10. ↑ (2004.) "Fuchsin" The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, via dictionary.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-20
  11. ↑ "Fuchsine." (Website.) ARTFL Project: 1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-09-25
  12. ↑ Chevreul, M. E. (July 1860). "Note sur les étoffes de soie teintes avec la fuchsine, et réflexions sur le commerce des étoffes de couleur." Répertoire de Pharmacie, tome XVII, p. 62. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
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  14. ↑ Horobin RW & Kiernan JA 20002. Conn's Biological Stains, 10th ed. Oxford: BIOS, p. 184–191
  15. ↑ http://stainsfile.info/StainsFile/theory/accent.htm
  16. ↑ Clark G 1973 Staining Procedures Used by the Biological Stain Commission, 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, pp. 252–254
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