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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
- Has use
- medication
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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
- subject has role
- carcinogen
- decomposition point
- 215
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