malachite green

CHEBI:72449 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

An organic chloride salt that is the monochloride salt of malachite green cation. Used as a green-coloured dye, as a counter-stain in histology, and for its anti-fungal properties in aquaculture. — 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:36094 CHEBI:36094

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C23H25N2.Cl
Charge	0
Average mass	364.92 Da
Monoisotopic mass	364.17063 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	FDZZZRQASAIRJF-UHFFFAOYSA-M

SMILES

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

InChI

InChI=1S/C23H25N2.ClH/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;1H/q+1;/p-1

Also called

4-{[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl](phenyl)methylene}-N,N-dimethylcyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-iminium chloride (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
(4-(4-Dimethylaminobenzhydriylidene)cyclohexa-2,5-dienylidene)dimethylammonium chloride (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
(4-(alpha-(4-Dimethylamino)phenyl)benzylidene)cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene dimethylammonium chloride (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Basic Green 4 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
C.I. 42000 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
C.I. Basic Green 4 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
CI 42000 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
CI Basic Green 4 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
diamond green B (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
malachite green chloride (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
malachite green chloride salt (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
victoria green B (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:569-64-2
kegg.compound:C18367
patent:WO2008063374
reaxys:3580148
wikipedia.en:Malachite_green

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:33282 CHEBI:33282
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:72449`	malachite green	`antibioticmech:chebi-e98e11ae15`	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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