Indigotine
CI Food Blue 1
Indigotine Disulfonate
Indigo Carmine
CI 73015
Class: Indigoid C16H8N2O8S2Na2 Formula wt 466.36
132 [860-22-0] L06K8R7DQK fd&c blue no. 2
Indigotine Disulfonate
Indigo Carmine
CI 73015
Class: Indigoid C16H8N2O8S2Na2 Formula wt 466.36
132 [860-22-0] L06K8R7DQK fd&c blue no. 2
DESCRIPTION
Indigotine occurs as a blue-brown to red-brown powder or as granules. It is principally the disodium salt of 2-(1,3-dihydro-3-oxo-5-sulfo-2H-indol-2-ylidene)-2,3-dihydro-3-oxo-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid. It dissolves in water to give a solution that is blue at neutrality, blue-violet in acid, and green to yellow-green in base. When dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid, it yields a blue-violet solution that turns blue when diluted with water. It is insoluble in ethanol.