Xylene cyanol can be used as an electrophoretic color marker, or tracking dye, to monitor the process of agarose gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Bromophenol blue and orange G can also be used for this purpose.

Xylene cyanol
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Sodium 4-{(Z)-[3-methyl-4-(ethylamino)phenyl][3-methyl-4-(ethylimino)cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene]methyl}-3-sulfobenzene-1-sulfonate
Other names
Acid Blue 147
xylene cyanole
xylene cyanol FF
xylene cyanole FF
C.I. 42135
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.018.334 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 220-167-5
  • InChI=1S/C25H28N2O6S2.Na/c1-5-26-22-11-7-18(13-16(22)3)25(19-8-12-23(27-6-2)17(4)14-19)21-10-9-20(32-34(28)29)15-24(21)33-35(30)31;/h7-15,26H,5-6H2,1-4H3,(H,28,29)(H,30,31);/q;+1/p-1/b25-19-,27-23-; checkY
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  • InChI=1S/C25H28N2O6S2.Na/c1-5-26-22-11-7-18(13-16(22)3)25(19-8-12-23(27-6-2)17(4)14-19)21-10-9-20(32-34(28)29)15-24(21)33-35(30)31;/h7-15,26H,5-6H2,1-4H3,(H,28,29)(H,30,31);/q;+1/p-1/b25-19-,27-23-;
  • Key: NLIVDORGVGAOOJ-KRQUPCAFSA-M
  • [Na+].CCNc1ccc(cc1C)/C(=C2/C=C\C(=[NH+]\CC)C(=C2)C)c3ccc(OS([O-])=O)cc3OS([O-])=O
Properties
C25H27N2NaO6S2
Molar mass 538.61 g·mol−1
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Warning
H315, H319, H335
P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P403+P233, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Once mixed with the sample, the concentration of xylene cyanol is typically about 0.005% to 0.03%.

Migration speed

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In 1% agarose gels, xylene cyanol migrates at about the same rate as a 4 to 5 kilobase pair DNA fragment,[1] although this depends on the buffer used. Xylene cyanol on a 6% polyacrylamide gel migrates at the speed of a 140 base pair DNA fragment. On 20% denaturating (7 M urea) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), xylene cyanol migrates at about the rate of 25 bases oligonucleotide.

References

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  1. ^ Lela Buckingham and Maribeth L. Flaws (2007). Molecular Diagnostics: Fundamentals, Methods, & Clinical Applications. F.A. Davis Company. p. 91. ISBN 9780803616592.
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