Chemistry:Xylene cyanol

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Xylene cyanol
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Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Sodium 4-{(Z)-[3-methyl-4-(ethylamino)phenyl][3-methyl-4-(ethylimino)cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene]methyl}-3-sulfobenzene-1-sulfonate
Other names
Acid Blue 147
xylene cyanole
xylene cyanol FF
xylene cyanole FF
C.I. 42135
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 220-167-5
Properties
C25H27N2NaO6S2
Molar mass 538.61 g·mol−1
Hazards
GHS pictograms GHS07: Harmful
GHS Signal word Warning
H315, H319, H335
P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+352, P304+340, P305+351+338, P312, P321, P332+313, P337+313, P362, P403+233, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Xylene cyanol can be used as an electrophoretic color marker, or tracking dye, to monitor the process of agarose gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Bromophenol blue and orange G can also be used for this purpose.

Once mixed with the sample, the concentration of xylene cyanol is typically about 0.005% to 0.03%.

Migration speed

In 1% agarose gels, xylene cyanol migrates at about the same rate as a 4 to 5 kilobase pair DNA fragment,[1] although this depends on the buffer used. Xylene cyanol on a 6% polyacrylamide gel migrates at the speed of a 140 base pair DNA fragment. On 20% denaturating (7 M urea) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), xylene cyanol migrates at about the rate of 25 bases oligonucleotide.

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