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malachite green
Sign in to saveAlso known as malachite green chloride, malachite green chloride salt, victoria green B, diamond green B, C.I. Basic Green 4, CI Basic Green 4, basic green 4, [4-(4-Dimethylaminobenzhydriylidene)cyclohexa-2,5-dienylidene]dimethylammonium chloride
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C23H25ClN2
- Molecular weight
- 364.9 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- [4-[[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]-phenylmethylidene]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene]-dimethylazanium chloride
- SMILES
- CN(C)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=C2C=CC(=[N+](C)C)C=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3.[Cl-]
- InChIKey
- FDZZZRQASAIRJF-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- Polar surface area
- 6.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 364.171
- Image
- Malachite green oxalate.jpg
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- chemical formula
- C₂₃H₂₅ClN₂
- canonical SMILES
- CN(C)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=C2C=CC(=[N+](C)C)C=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3.[Cl-]
- Commons category
- Malachite green
- subject has role
- bactericide
- safety classification and labelling
- Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008
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Encyclopedic overview
Malachite green is an organic compound that is used as a dyestuff and controversially as an antimicrobial in aquaculture. Malachite green is traditionally used as a dye for materials such as silk, leather, and paper. Despite its name the dye is not prepared from the mineral malachite; the name just comes from the similarity of color.
Structures and properties
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “malachite green” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.