Methylene Blue

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  • Identifiers

    CAS number
    61-73-4

    Molecular formula
    C16H18ClN3S

    SMILES
    CN(C)C1=CC2=C(C=C1)N=C3C=CC(=[N+](C)C)C=C3S2.[Cl-]

    Safety labels

    Corrosive
    Corrosive

    Irritant
    Irritant

  • Odor profile

    Fragrance
    Roasted 49.43%
    Fruity 47.31%
    Burnt 33.91%
    Meaty 33.42%
    Nutty 32.14%
    Earthy 29.76%
    Animal 28.58%
    Coffee 26.53%
    Cooked 24.73%
    Musty 24.31%

     

    Flavor
    Bitter 50.43%
    Roasted 28.43%
    Earthy 25.75%
    Musty 22.08%
    Green pepper 21.95%
    Nutty 21.84%
    Carrot 21.65%
    Syrup 21.64%
    Burnt almonds 21.13%
    Roasted peanuts 21.09%

     

    Odor impact est.
    Low

  • Properties

    pKa est.
    7.43 (neutral)

    Molecular weight
    319.9 g/mol

    Melting point expt.

    • 100 to 110 °C (with decomposition)
    • 100-110 °C (decomposes)

    Flash point

    • 215.05 ˚C est.

    Solubility expt.

    • In water, 43,600 mg/L at 25 °C.
    • Soluble in water
    • Soluble in ethanol, chloroform; slightly soluble in pyridine; insoluble in ethyl ether
    • Soluble in glacial acetic acid and glycerol; insoluble in xylene and oleic acid, in ethanol 2%, and in acetone 0.5%.

  • Synonyms

    • methylene blue
    • 61-73-4
    • Basic blue 9
    • Methylthioninium chloride
    • Solvent blue 8
    • Swiss Blue
    • Methylene Blue anhydrous
    • Chromosmon
    • C.I. Basic Blue 9
    • Methylene Blue N
    • Methylthionine chloride
    • Methylene Blue BB
    • Methylene Blue chloride
    • Methylenium ceruleum
    • Urolene blue
    • Bleu de methylene
    • Methylene Blue A
    • Methylene Blue B
    • Methylene Blue D
    • Methylene Blue G
    • External Blue 1
    • Tetramethylene Blue
    • Calcozine Blue ZF
    • Methylene Blue BD
    • Methylene Blue BP
    • Methylene Blue BX
    • Methylene Blue BZ
    • Methylene Blue FZ
    • Methylene Blue GZ
    • Methylene Blue NZ
    • Methylene Blue SG
    • Methylene Blue SP
    • Methylene Blue ZF
    • Methylene Blue ZX
    • Methylenblau
    • Methylene Blue 2B
    • Methylene Blue BBA
    • Methylene Blue BPC
    • Methylene Blue HGG
    • Methylene Blue IAD
    • Methylene Blue JFA
    • Sandocryl Blue BRL
    • Methylene Blue 2BF
    • Methylene Blue 2BN
    • Methylene Blue 2BP
    • Modr methylenova
    • Mitsui Methylene Blue
    • Tetramethylthionine chloride
    • Methylthionium chloride
    • Leather Pure Blue HB
    • Cloruro de metiltioninio
    • Ceruleum methylenum
    • Schultz No. 1038
    • Aizen Methylene Blue BH
    • Aizen Methylene Blue FZ
    • Methylene Blue Zinc Free
    • Methylenum coeruleum
    • CI Basic Blue 9
    • D And C Blue Number 1
    • Yamamoto Methylene Blue B
    • Phenothiazin-5-ium, 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-, chloride
    • Yamamoto Methylene Blue ZF
    • Chlorure de methylthioninium
    • Methylene Blue (Medicinal)
    • C.I. 52015
    • Ext D and C Blue No. 1
    • Methylthionini chloridum
    • Methylene Blue I (Medicinal)
    • Methylthioninii chloridum
    • Lowacryl blue 9
    • Modr zasadita 9
    • Methylene Blue NF (Medicinal)
    • D and C Blue No. 1
    • Hidaco Methylene Blue Salt Free
    • Methylene Blue BB (Zinc Free)
    • Methylene Blue USP (Medicinal)
    • Metiltioninio cloruro
    • CI 52015
    • Modr rozpoustedlova 8
    • Provayblue
    • 3,7-Bis(dimethylamino)phenazathionium chloride
    • DTXSID0023296
    • azul de metileno
    • Methylene Blue Chloride (Biological stain)
    • X 138
    • Trx0014
    • Methylene Blue USP XII (Medicinal)
    • NSC-215213
    • NSC-617593
    • 8NAP7826UB
    • CI-52015
    • CHEBI:6872
    • DTXCID803296
    • NSC617593
    • METHYLTHIONINIUM CHLORIDE PROVEBLUE
    • 3H-Phenothiazine, 7-(dimethylamino)-3-(methylimino)-, 3-methochloride
    • NSC-759135
    • Blue, Methylene
    • Blue, Urolene
    • Blue, Swiss
    • C.I. Basic Blue 9 trihydrate
    • Blue N, Methylene
    • Blue 9, Basic
    • TETRAMETHYLTHIONINE CHLORIDE TRIHYDRATE
    • Desmoidpillen
    • Collubleu
    • Vitableu
    • Azul Metile
    • Blu di Metilene
    • Methylene Blue INJ
    • Methylenum Caeruleum
    • RefChem:6466
    • methylthioninium chloratum
    • Colour Index No. 52015
    • V03AB17
    • V04CG05
    • 3,7-BIS(DIMETHYLAMINO)-5??-PHENOTHIAZIN-5-YLIUM CHLORIDE
    • 200-515-2
    • 686-172-3
    • Basic blue 9 trihydrate
    • T42P99266K
    • 3,7-Bis(dimethylamino)phenothiazin-5-ium chloride
    • M-B Tabs
    • MFCD00012111
    • [7-(dimethylamino)phenothiazin-3-ylidene]-dimethylazanium;chloride
    • 105504-42-5
    • 12262-49-6
    • 61-73-4

  • Applications

    Methylene Blue (CAS 61-73-4) is widely used as a dye and colorant for textiles, plastics, and coatings, and as a soluble pigment in polymers; it also serves as a biological stain in histology and microbiology, and as a redox indicator and reagent in analytical chemistry and electrochemical sensing; in aquaculture and water treatment, it is employed to manage fungal infections on fish eggs and as a water-coloring agent in certain diagnostic or treatment processes, subject to local regulations and formulation limits.

    gpt-5-nano

  • Solubility @25˚C

    Solvent Solubility (g/L)
    ethanol 29.55
    methanol 24.68
    isopropanol 10.74
    water 0.98
    ethyl acetate 40.35
    n-propanol 23.08
    acetone 20.49
    n-butanol 19.3
    acetonitrile 21.11
    DMF 147.12
    toluene 9.03
    isobutanol 16.77
    1,4-dioxane 52.52
    methyl acetate 46.83
    THF 89.09
    2-butanone 31.74
    n-pentanol 18.72
    sec-butanol 12.8
    n-hexane 0.82
    ethylene glycol 19.73
    NMP 123.01
    cyclohexane 1.63
    DMSO 82.44
    n-butyl acetate 38.5
    n-octanol 6.98
    chloroform 155.6
    n-propyl acetate 32.42
    acetic acid 69.5
    dichloromethane 165.33
    cyclohexanone 58.97
    propylene glycol 15.65
    isopropyl acetate 20.97
    DMAc 172.98
    2-ethoxyethanol 74.31
    isopentanol 17.08
    n-heptane 1.29
    ethyl formate 49.41
    1,2-dichloroethane 86.27
    n-hexanol 20.92
    2-methoxyethanol 113.46
    isobutyl acetate 25.28
    tetrachloromethane 19.51
    n-pentyl acetate 22.9
    transcutol 127.0
    n-heptanol 12.44
    ethylbenzene 6.38
    MIBK 16.44
    2-propoxyethanol 81.06
    tert-butanol 11.34
    MTBE 9.86
    2-butoxyethanol 44.98
    propionic acid 39.14
    o-xylene 8.39
    formic acid 52.25
    diethyl ether 12.95
    m-xylene 7.9
    p-xylene 10.93
    chlorobenzene 29.26
    dimethyl carbonate 42.3
    n-octane 0.67
    formamide 82.77
    cyclopentanone 83.19
    2-pentanone 22.68
    anisole 21.8
    cyclopentyl methyl ether 35.56
    gamma-butyrolactone 128.84
    1-methoxy-2-propanol 54.98
    pyridine 67.27
    3-pentanone 22.86
    furfural 152.87
    n-dodecane 0.59
    diethylene glycol 83.86
    diisopropyl ether 3.97
    tert-amyl alcohol 14.38
    acetylacetone 36.82
    n-hexadecane 0.67
    acetophenone 36.44
    methyl propionate 52.31
    isopentyl acetate 36.52
    trichloroethylene 198.88
    n-nonanol 7.98
    cyclohexanol 20.44
    benzyl alcohol 34.12
    2-ethylhexanol 15.98
    isooctanol 11.4
    dipropyl ether 14.32
    1,2-dichlorobenzene 35.92
    ethyl lactate 30.78
    propylene carbonate 77.74
    n-methylformamide 80.77
    2-pentanol 10.02
    n-pentane 0.78
    1-propoxy-2-propanol 42.88
    1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate 57.91
    2-(2-methoxypropoxy) propanol 37.79
    mesitylene 4.7
    ε-caprolactone 73.7
    p-cymene 9.53
    epichlorohydrin 164.58
    1,1,1-trichloroethane 52.15
    2-aminoethanol 29.84
    morpholine-4-carbaldehyde 176.7
    sulfolane 125.84
    2,2,4-trimethylpentane 0.98
    2-methyltetrahydrofuran 50.63
    n-hexyl acetate 19.37
    isooctane 0.46
    2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol 50.07
    sec-butyl acetate 20.61
    tert-butyl acetate 20.76
    decalin 1.54
    glycerin 41.57
    diglyme 106.62
    acrylic acid 49.44
    isopropyl myristate 8.16
    n-butyric acid 49.1
    acetyl acetate 31.86
    di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 16.94
    ethyl propionate 27.95
    nitromethane 129.55
    1,2-diethoxyethane 32.47
    benzonitrile 37.32
    trioctyl phosphate 11.0
    1-bromopropane 22.71
    gamma-valerolactone 166.21
    n-decanol 6.43
    triethyl phosphate 25.1
    4-methyl-2-pentanol 8.21
    propionitrile 22.98
    vinylene carbonate 95.77
    1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane 176.6
    DMS 40.31
    cumene 7.17
    2-octanol 6.39
    2-hexanone 22.57
    octyl acetate 11.93
    limonene 11.41
    1,2-dimethoxyethane 81.31
    ethyl orthosilicate 23.25
    tributyl phosphate 13.89
    diacetone alcohol 33.35
    N,N-dimethylaniline 20.27
    acrylonitrile 38.55
    aniline 32.89
    1,3-propanediol 40.05
    bromobenzene 26.43
    dibromomethane 73.97
    1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane 137.29
    2-methyl-cyclohexyl acetate 31.75
    tetrabutyl urea 18.58
    diisobutyl methanol 7.86
    2-phenylethanol 39.05
    styrene 7.97
    dioctyl adipate 18.39
    dimethyl sulfate 80.33
    ethyl butyrate 29.92
    methyl lactate 39.82
    butyl lactate 25.84
    diethyl carbonate 29.49
    propanediol butyl ether 25.3
    triethyl orthoformate 26.03
    p-tert-butyltoluene 8.27
    methyl 4-tert-butylbenzoate 33.1
    morpholine 90.14
    tert-butylamine 6.24
    n-dodecanol 5.06
    dimethoxymethane 73.05
    ethylene carbonate 72.18
    cyrene 56.08
    2-ethoxyethyl acetate 48.12
    2-ethylhexyl acetate 31.78
    1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 50.93
    4-methylpyridine 53.86
    dibutyl ether 8.35
    2,6-dimethyl-4-heptanol 7.86
    DEF 62.61
    dimethyl isosorbide 74.55
    tetrachloroethylene 105.43
    eugenol 42.18
    triacetin 33.7
    span 80 27.39
    1,4-butanediol 19.56
    1,1-dichloroethane 41.73
    2-methyl-1-pentanol 18.89
    methyl formate 69.4
    2-methyl-1-butanol 18.1
    n-decane 0.83
    butyronitrile 22.66
    3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol 8.81
    1-chlorooctane 4.39
    1-chlorotetradecane 2.25
    n-nonane 0.68
    undecane 0.69
    tert-butylcyclohexane 1.3
    cyclooctane 0.63
    cyclopentanol 26.5
    tetrahydropyran 34.99
    tert-amyl methyl ether 12.16
    2,5,8-trioxanonane 68.17
    1-hexene 4.01
    2-isopropoxyethanol 43.0
    2,2,2-trifluoroethanol 53.29
    methyl butyrate 38.5

    Scent© AI

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IFRA standard 51

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