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crystal violet
Sign in to saveAlso 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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Research
10,595 papers- Crystal Violet Assay for Determining Viability of Cultured Cells.Cold Spring Harbor protocols · 2016
- Crystal violet-based assay for the assessment of bacterial biofilm formation in medical tubing.Journal of microbiological methods · 2023
- Quantification of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation by Crystal Violet and Confocal Microscopy.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021
- Gram staining.Current protocols in microbiology · 2005
- Biodegradation of crystal violet by newly isolated bacteria.PeerJ · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 407.21282564000006
- Image
- Sample of Crystal Violet.jpg
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C61776
- chemical formula
- C₂₅N₃H₃₀Cl
- canonical 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-]
- Commons category
- Crystal violet
- decomposition point
- 215
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Gram staining
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antifungal
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infant
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Categories
AntifungalsChembox having GHS dataChembox image size setChemical articles with multiple CAS registry numbersChemical articles with multiple compound IDsChloridesDimethylamino compoundsDisinfectantsECHA InfoCard ID from WikidataMultiple chemicals in an infobox that need indexingPH indicatorsPubChem ID (CID) different from WikidataStaining dyesTriarylmethane dyes