ICAAc
ICAAc is a solvatochromic fluorophore with reduced basicity. ICAAc demonstrates significant solvatochromic behavior across solvents of varying polarity, with a large dipole moment difference and low quantum yield in water, making it a tunable solvatochromic fluorophore. ICAAc enables pH sensing via UV-vis/fluorescence detection and in microenvironments including sodium lauryl sulfate micelle Stern layers. ICAAc acts as a supravital cell stain for epifluorescence imaging of live cancer cells.
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- Formula: C14H9N3
- Molecular Weight:219.24
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Storage:
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Biological Activity
ICAAc serves as a stable and accurate physiological pH probe in aqueous buffer solutions, with a pKa value of 7.05, enabling precise pH detection within the physiological range of pH 6-8[1].
ICAAC (0.3 μg/mL; incubation for imaging) serves as a suitable in vitro live-cell stain for routine epifluorescence imaging of live HeLa cells, with a recommended working concentration of 0.3 μg/mL[1].
As the polarity of the solvent increases, the emission wavelength of ICAAc increases accordingly. In water, dioxane and n-hexane, its excitation/emission maxima are 466/553 nm, 431/515 nm and 418/503 nm, respectively. The absorption maximum of ICAAc decreases with increasing pH[1].
MedChemExpress (MCE) has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.
Chemical Information
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Molecular Weight 219.24
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Formula C14H9N3
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SMILES
NC1=CC2=C(C=C3C(C=C([N+]#[C-])C=C3)=N2)C=C1
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Shipping
Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.
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Storage
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Purity & Documentation
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Calculators
Concentration (start) × Volume (start) = Concentration (final) × Volume (final)