Chemical Information Catelog Number: F01-0046 Product Name: BODIPY-C12 Ceramide CAS Number: 1246355-58-7 Molecular Formula: C42H70BF2N3O3 Molecular Weight: 713.8 Purity: ≥98% Synonyms: BODIPY-N-Lauroyl-D-erythro-Sphingosine; (T-4)-[λ-(3,5-dimethyl-2H-pyrrol-2-ylidene-κN)-N-[(1S,2R,3E)-2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)-3-heptadecen-1-yl]-3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-2-dodecanamidato-κN1]difluoro-boron Product Specification Appearance: Dark Orange to Red Solid Storage Conditions: Store at -20°C Excitation Maximum (nm): 505 Emission Maximum (nm): 540 Additional Information InChI: InChI=1S/C42H70BF2N3O3/c1-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-19-22-25-28-39(50)38(32-49)46-40(51)29-26-23-20-17-16-18-21-24-27-37-41-33(2)30-35(4)47(41)43(44,45)48-36(5)31-34(3)42(37)48/h25,28,30-31,38-39,49-50H,6-24,26-27,29,32H2,1-5H3,(H,46,51)/b28-25+/t38-,39+/m0/s1 InChIKey: NGWZKZIJSBUOIZ-BOOOSZIVSA-N CanonicalSMILES: [B-]1(N2C(=CC(=C2C(=C3[N+]1=C(C=C3C)C)CCCCCCCCCCC(=O)NC(CO)C(C=CCCCCCCCCCCCCC)O)C)C)(F)FBODIPY-C12 Ceramide (B12Cer) is a C12 ceramide that is tagged with the fluorophore BODIPY. It is produced from the hydrolysis of BODIPY-C12 sphingomyelin by acid sphingomyelinase and is useful for quantification of acid sphingomyelinase activity in plasma from patients with Niemann-Pick disease.