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fluorone
Sign in to saveFluorone is a heterocyclic chemical compound. It forms the core structure for various chemicals, most notably fluorone dyes, including fluorescein, erythrosine and rhodamine. It is an isomer of xanthone, sometimes referred to as an isoxanthone.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C13H8O2
- Molecular weight
- 196.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- xanthen-3-one
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=C3C=CC(=O)C=C3O2
- InChIKey
- FRIPRWYKBIOZJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.1
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 196.052429
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- Commons category
- Fluorone dyes
- topic's main category
- Category:Fluorones
- chemical formula
- C₁₃H₈O₂
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=C3C=CC(=O)C=C3O2
- isomeric SMILES
- O=C/1/C=C\C\2=C\C3=C(O/C2=C1)C=CC=C3
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Fluorone is a heterocyclic chemical compound. It forms the core structure for various chemicals, most notably fluorone dyes, including fluorescein, erythrosine and rhodamine. It is an isomer of xanthone, sometimes referred to as an isoxanthone.
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