Methyl yellow
Methyl yellow, or C.I. 11020, is an organic compound with the formula C6H5N2C6H4N(CH3)2. It is an azo dye derived from dimethylaniline. It is a yellow solid. According to X-ray crystallography, the C14N3 core of the molecule is planar.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
It is used as a dye for plastics and may be used as a pH indicator. Template:PH indicator template In aqueous solution at low pH, methyl yellow appears red. Between pH 2.9 and 4.0, methyl yellow undergoes a transition, to become yellow above pH 4.0.
SafetyEdit
It is a possible carcinogen.<ref name=PGCH/> As "butter yellow", the agent had been used as a food additive in butter and margarine before its toxicity was recognized.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
HistoryEdit
Butter yellow was synthesized by Peter Griess in the 1860s at the Royal College of Chemistry in London.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> The dye was used to dye butter in Germany<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref> and other parts of the worldTemplate:Citation needed during the latter half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th before being phased out in the 1930s and 40s. It was in the 1930s that research led by Riojun Kinosita showed the link between several azo dyes and cancer, linking butter yellow to liver cancer in rats after two to three months exposure.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1939, the International Congress for Cancer Research issued a recommendation for the banning of cancer-causing food dyes (including butter yellow) from food production.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
In 2014, dried tofu products (a.k.a. dougan 豆乾) from Taiwan were found to have been adulterated with methyl yellow, used as a coloring agent.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Structurally similar compounds:
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