malachite green cation

CHEBI:44107 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

An iminium ion obtained by dimethylation of the imino group of 4-{[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl](phenyl)methylene}cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-imine. Used in the form of its chloride salt as a green-coloured dye. — ChEBI

Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has signed off on this record yet.

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

CHEBI:35286 CHEBI:35286

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C23H25N2
Charge	1
Average mass	329.467 Da
Monoisotopic mass	329.20123 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	VFCNQNZNPKRXIT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CN(C)c1ccc(C(=C2C=CC(=[N+](C)C)C=C2)c2ccccc2)cc1

InChI

InChI=1S/C23H25N2/c1-24(2)21-14-10-19(11-15-21)23(18-8-6-5-7-9-18)20-12-16-22(17-13-20)25(3)4/h5-17H,1-4H3/q+1

Also called

4-{[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl](phenyl)methylene}-N,N-dimethylcyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-iminium (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
N-(4-{[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl](phenyl)methylidene}cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene)-N-methylmethanaminium (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
malachite green (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
malachite green(1+) (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:10309-95-2
drugbank:DB03895
pdb-ccd:MGR
reaxys:3558618
wikipedia.en:Malachite_green

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

CHEBI:36047 CHEBI:36047
CHEBI:86327 CHEBI:86327

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:44107`	malachite green cation	`antibioticmech:chebi-638b1cb157`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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