Alcian Blue 8GX

• CAT Number: I024672
• CAS Number: 33864-99-2
• Molecular Formula: C56H68Cl4CuN16S4
• Molecular Weight: 1298.86
• Purity: ≥95%
• Synonyms: copper;[dimethylamino-[[15,24,33-tris[[dimethylamino(dimethylazaniumylidene)methyl]sulfanylmethyl]-2,11,20,29,37,39-hexaza-38,40-diazanidanonacyclo[28.6.1.13,10.112,19.121,28.04,9.013,18.022,27.031,36]tetraconta-1(37),2,4(9),5,7,10,12(39),13(18),14,16,19,21,23,25,27,29,31(36),32,34-nonadecaen-6-yl]methylsulfanyl]methylidene]-dimethylazanium;tetrachloride
• InChI: InChI=1S/C56H68N16S4.4ClH.Cu/c1-65(2)53(66(3)4)73-29-33-17-21-37-41(25-33)49-57-45(37)62-50-43-27-35(31-75-55(69(9)10)70(11)12)19-23-39(43)47(59-50)64-52-44-28-36(32-76-56(71(13)14)72(15)16)20-24-40(44)48(60-52)63-51-42-26-34(18-22-38(42)46(58-51)61-49)30-74-54(67(5)6)68(7)8;;;;;/h17-28H,29-32H2,1-16H3;4*1H;/q+2;;;;;+2/p-4
• InChIKey: CKLBXIYTBHXJEH-UHFFFAOYSA-J
• SMILES: CN(C)C(=[N+](C)C)SCC1=CC2=C(C=C1)C3=NC4=NC(=NC5=C6C=C(C=CC6=C([N-]5)N=C7C8=C(C=CC(=C8)CSC(=[N+](C)C)N(C)C)C(=N7)N=C2[N-]3)CSC(=[N+](C)C)N(C)C)C9=C4C=C(C=C9)CSC(=[N+](C)C)N(C)C.[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cu+2]

Alcian Blue 8GX is a cationic copper phthalocyanine dye well-known to bind to glycoproteins and to glucosaminoglycans[1].

Reference

[1]. Candiano G, et al. Widening and diversifying the proteome capture by combinatorial peptide ligand libraries via Alcian Blue dye binding. Anal Chem. 2015;87(9):4814-4820.
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