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hydroxystilbamidine
Sign in to savethumb|PVH neurons of Long-Evans rat marked with fluoro-gold
Chemical data
- Formula
- C16H16N4O
- Molecular weight
- 280.32 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 4-[2-(4-carbamimidoylphenyl)ethenyl]-3-hydroxybenzenecarboximidamide
- SMILES
- C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC2=C(C=C(C=C2)C(=N)N)O)C(=N)N
- InChIKey
- TUESWZZJYCLFNL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.8
- Polar surface area
- 120 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 5
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 280.13241113199996
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- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC2=C(C=C(C=C2)C(=N)N)O)C(=N)N
- chemical formula
- C₁₆H₁₆N₄O
- Commons category
- Hydroxystilbamidines
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
thumb|PVH neurons of Long-Evans rat marked with fluoro-gold
Hydroxystilbamidine is a fluorescent dye that emits different frequencies of light when bound to DNA and RNA. It is used as a retrograde tracer for outlining neurons, and as a histochemical stain.
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