Fluorone

Fluorone
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3H-Xanthen-3-one
Other names
3-Isoxanthone; 3-Oxo-3H-xanthene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C13H8O2/c14-11-6-5-10-7-9-3-1-2-4-12(9)15-13(10)8-11/h1-8H checkY
    Key: FRIPRWYKBIOZJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C13H8O2/c14-11-6-5-10-7-9-3-1-2-4-12(9)15-13(10)8-11/h1-8H
    Key: FRIPRWYKBIOZJU-UHFFFAOYAE
  • O=C1C=CC2=Cc3ccccc3OC2=C1
Properties
C13H8O2
Molar mass 196.205 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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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.

Chemical structure of erythrosine

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shi, Jianmin; Zhang, Xianping; Neckers, Douglas C (1992). "Xanthenes: fluorone derivatives". Journal of Organic Chemistry. 57 (16): 4418–4421. doi:10.1021/jo00042a020.