Xanthene

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Xanthene

Xanthene (9H-xanthene, 10H-9-oxaanthracene) is a yellow organic

Organic compound

An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon, are considered Inorganic compound....
heterocyclic compound

Heterocyclic compound

Heterocyclic compounds are organic compounds containing at least one atom of carbon, and at least one element other than carbon, such as sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen within a ring structure....
. Its chemical formula is ₁₃₁₀. It is soluble in ether

Diethyl ether

Diethyl ether, also known as ether and ethoxyethane, is a clear, colorless, and highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and a characteristic odor....
. Its melting point is 101-102 °C and its boiling point is 310-312 °C. Xanthene is used as a fungicide

Fungicide

Fungicides are chemical compounds or biological organisms used to kill or inhibit fungus or fungal spores. Fungi can cause serious damage in agriculture, resulting in critical losses of Crop yield, quality and profit....
and it is also a useful intermediate in organic synthesis

Organic synthesis

Organic synthesis is a special branch of chemical synthesis and is concerned with the construction of organic compounds via organic reactions. Organic_chemistry molecules can often contain a higher level of complexity compared to purely Inorganic_chemistry compounds, so the synthesis of organic compounds has developed into one of the most im...
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Derivatives of xanthene are commonly referred to collectively as xanthenes, and among other uses are the basis of a class of dye

Dye

A dye can generally be described as a colored substance that has an Chemical affinity to the Wiktionary:substrate to which it is being applied....
s which includes fluorescein

Fluorescein

Fluorescein is a fluorophore commonly used in microscopy, in a type of dye laser as the gain medium, in forensics and serology to detect latent blood stains, and in dye tracing....
, eosin

Eosin

Eosin is a fluorescent red dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein. It can be used to stain cytoplasm, collagen and Muscle#Muscular Composition for examination under the microscope....
s, and rhodamine

Rhodamine

Rhodamine is a family of related chemical compounds, fluorone dyes. Examples are Rhodamine 6G and Rhodamine B. They are used as a dye and as a dye laser gain medium....
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Xanthene (9H-xanthene, 10H-9-oxaanthracene) is a yellow organic

Organic compound

Heterocyclic compound

Diethyl ether

Fungicide

Organic synthesis

Dye

A dye can generally be described as a colored substance that has an Chemical affinity to the Wiktionary:substrate to which it is being applied....
s which includes fluorescein

Fluorescein

Fluorescein is a fluorophore commonly used in microscopy, in a type of dye laser as the gain medium, in forensics and serology to detect latent blood stains, and in dye tracing....
, eosin

Eosin

Rhodamine

Rhodamine is a family of related chemical compounds, fluorone dyes. Examples are Rhodamine 6G and Rhodamine B. They are used as a dye and as a dye laser gain medium....
s. Xanthene dyes tend to be fluorescent, yellow to pink to bluish red, brilliant dyes. Many xanthene dyes can be prepared by condensation of derivates of phthalic anhydride

Phthalic anhydride

Phthalic anhydride is the organic compound with the chemical formula C6H42O. This anhydride of phthalic acid, a colourless solid, is an important industrial chemical, especially for the large-scale production of plasticizers for plastics....
with derivates of resorcinol

Resorcinol

Resorcinol is a chemical compound from the dihydroxy phenols. It is the 1,3-isomer of benzenediol, and is also known with a variety of other names, including: m-dihydroxybenzene, 1,3-benzenediol, 1,3-dihydroxybenzene, 3-hydroxyphenol, m-hydroquinone, m-benzenediol, and 3-hydroxycyclohexadien-1-one....
or 3-aminophenol

3-Aminophenol

3-Aminophenol is a Compound with formula C6H4. It is an aromatic amine and Phenol. It is an isomer of 2-Aminophenol and 4-Aminophenol....
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Xanthene

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