white to light brown, light green or light blue
For directly dyeing silk, wool, jute and leather; dyeing cotton after mordanting. Biological stain. Clinical reagent (inorganic phosphate assay). As spot test reagent for detecting sulfurous acid and cerium. As acid-base indicator: pH 0.0 yellow, 2.0 green; 11.6 green, 14 colorless.
A metabolite of Malachite Green
Leucomalachite Green is a reagent for the quantitative colorimetric micro determination of hemoglobin and other heme compounds.
ChEBI: Leucomalachite green is a benzenoid aromatic compound.
Crystallise it from 95% EtOH (10mL/g), then from *benzene/EtOH, and finally from pet ether. [Beilstein 13 H 275, 13 II 89, 13 II 135, 13 III 529, 13 481.]
