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Rust crystalline powder

4-(4-Isothiocyanatophenylazo)-N,N-dimethylaniline is a stain/dye. Dyes and metabolites.

Crystallise DABITC by dissolving 1g in 150mL of boiling Me2CO, filtering hot and allowing to cool at -20o overnight, collecting the solid and drying it in a vacuum. Solutions in pyridine should be used immediately, otherwise it decomposes. It is moisture sensitive. [Chang Methods Enzymol 91 79, 455 1983.]