2,6-dichloroindophenol

2,6-dichloroindophenol
A reagent for the chemical assay of ascorbic acid that depends upon the reducing properties of the latter. It is red in acid solution; in the presence of the vitamin C it undergoes reduction and becomes colorless, the vitamin being oxidized to dehydroascorbic acid. Often misnamed dichlorophenol-indophenol.

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