Hemin

Name:
Hemin
Detailed information:

Chemistry name:	Teichmann's crystals; the chloride of heme
M Formula:	C34H32N4O4FeCl.
Chemistry structure:
Properties:
Crystals that are brown by transmitted light and steel blue by reflected light. Sinters at 240C. Freely soluble in ammonia water; soluble in strong organic bases; insoluble in carbonate solutions, dilute acid solutions; insoluble but stable in water.
Derivation:
By heating hemoglobin with acetic acid and sodium chloride.
Use:
Identification of blood stains, biochemical research, complexing agent.

See Chelate.