cyanine dye
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_37960
Term info
Subsets
3_STAR
definition
Cyanine dyes are synthetic dyes with the general formula R2N[CH=CH]nCH=N(+)R2 <-> R2N(+)=CH[CH=CH]nNR2 (n is a small number) in which the nitrogen and part of the conjugated chain usually form part of a heterocyclic system, such as imidazole, pyridine, pyrrole, quinoline and thiazole.
has exact synonym
cyanine dyes
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
Cyaninfarbstoff, Zyaninfarbstoff
id
CHEBI:37960