crystal violet
Also known as gentian violet, aniline violet, Basic Violet 3, methylrosaniline chloride, Basic Violet BN, Hexamethyl Violet, Gentiaverm, Pyoktanin
triarylmethane dye used as a histological stain and in Gram's method of classifying bacteria
Chemical data
- Formula
- C25H30ClN3
- Molecular weight
- 408 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- [4-[bis[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]methylidene]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=C(C=C3)N(C)C.[Cl-]
- InChIKey
- ZXJXZNDDNMQXFV-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- Polar surface area
- 9.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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