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Home/Compounds/Food Additive/Brown HT
C27H18N4Na2O9S2
652.6 g/mol
Food Additive

Brown HT

CAS4553-89-3
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Other
Primary Use
synthetic food colorant

Brown HT is a synthetic food colorant, also known as Chocolate Brown HT or CI Food Brown 3. It is a disodium salt compound containing naphthalene sulfonate and hydrazone functional groups, commonly used to impart a brown hue in food products.

synthetic food coloring agentbrown colorant for processed foods

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

disodium;4-[2-[3-(hydroxymethyl)-4,6-dioxo-5-[(4-sulfonatonaphthalen-1-yl)hydrazinylidene]cyclohex-2-en-1-ylidene]hydrazinyl]naphthalene-1-sulfonate

InChIKey

TUQJHVRCALPCHU-UHFFFAOYSA-L

SMILES

C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=CC=C2S(=O)(=O)[O-])NN=C3C=C(C(=O)C(=NNC4=CC=C(C5=CC=CC=C54)S(=O)(=O)[O-])C3=O)CO.[Na+].[Na+]

Synonyms (5)
  • Brown HT
  • Chocolate brown HT