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C20H8I4O5
835.9 g/mol
Food Additive

E127

CAS16423-68-0EC240-046-0
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Other
Primary Use
Food colorant

E127 is a synthetic red dye used as a food colorant. It is derived from tetraiodofluorescein and has also been reported in Dianthus superbus.

PigmentFood colorant

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Related Compounds

StrongSame Parent

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Red lake pigment for food and cosmetics

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Food colorant lake pigment

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Potassium paraben

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preservative in cosmetics and food

Referencesame scaffold

4',5'- dibromofluorescein

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colorant in personal care products

Referencesame scaffold

6-CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIPIVALATE

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research compound

Referencesame scaffold

6-FAM-phosphoramidite

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research compound

Identifiers
IUPAC Name

3',6'-dihydroxy-2',4',5',7'-tetraiodospiro[2-benzofuran-3,9'-xanthene]-1-one

InChIKey

OALHHIHQOFIMEF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=O)OC23C4=CC(=C(C(=C4OC5=C(C(=C(C=C35)I)O)I)I)O)I

Synonyms (50)
  • A1EPA
  • E127
  • 2,4,5,7-Erythrosin
  • 2,5,7-Erythrosin
  • 2,5,7-Tetraiodofluorescein
  • C.I. Food Red 14
  • C.I. Solvent Red 140
  • Ceplac
  • Cogilor orange 211.10
  • Cogilor orange 312.42
  • Dianthine B
  • E127 Erythrosine
  • ERYTHROSINE J
  • Erythrosin B
  • Erythrosin B, Dye content
  • Erythrosin Free Acid
  • Erythrosine B (free acid)
  • Erythrosine acid
  • Erythrosine, phenolic
  • Erythrosine, sodium anhydrous
  • FD & C red no. 3
  • FD and C Red No. 3
  • Felumin
  • Fluoresceins
  • Iodeosin
  • Iodeosine B
  • Iodoeosine
  • Pyrosine B
  • Red 1427
  • Solvent Red 140
  • Solvent red 140; Iodoeosine
  • Tetraiodofluorescein
  • Tetraiodofluoresceuin
  • Tetrajodfluorescein
  • Trace