The molecule is a metallophthalocyanine consisting of a phthalocyanine-disulfonic acid bound to a central copper atom. Used in the form of an arylguanidinium salt as a histological dye. It has a role as a fluorochrome and a histological dye. It is a member of metallophthalocyanines, an arenesulfonic acid and a copper coordination entity. It is a conjugate acid of a Luxol fast blue MBS(2-).
copper;2,11,20,29,38,40-hexaza-37,39-diazanidanonacyclo[28.6.1.13,10.112,19.121,28.04,9.013,18.022,27.031,36]tetraconta-1(36),2,4(9),5,7,10(40),11,13,15,17,19,21(38),22(27),23,25,28,30,32,34-nonadecaene-5,23-disulfonic acid