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Chromotropic acid has the formula is (HO)2C10H4(SO3H)2.It can be used for as a reagent in the quantitative determination of the systemic herbicide 24-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.The usefulness of this reagent in quantitative determination is the formation of a red colouration (peaking at 580 nm wavelength) when chromotropic acid in 75% sulfuric acid reacts with formaldehyde.

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IUPAC name
45-dihydroxynaphthalene-27-disulfonic acid

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