Rhodamine 6G is an organic chloride salt, a xanthene dye and a rhodamine 6G(1+).
Definition
Rhodamine 6G is an organic chloride salt, a xanthene dye and a rhodamine 6G(1+). It has a role as a fluorochrome.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 037VRW83CF · registered name BASIC RED 1 · single chemical substance
(CI 45160)
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 989-38-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 213-584-9
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID1021243
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID4032374
- IUPAC
- 9-[2-(Ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl]-3,6-bis(ethylamino)-2,7-dimethylxanthen-10-ium chloride
- Molecular formula
- C28H31ClN2O3
- Molecular weight
- 479.02 g/mol
Measured properties
- Solubility
- 20000 mg/L
- Appearance
- solid
- Odour
- odourless
- pH
- 5.0-6.0
- Water solubility
- (20 g/ℓ)
- Relative density
- 1.26
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 4.02 (est.)
- Decomposition temperature
- (&, gt, 230 ℃)
- Molecular weight
- 479.06
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 2 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Dye2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- IARC carcinogen classification
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- US National Toxicology Program reports
- Wikidata
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