Malachite green colored cation. The oxalate salt is also marketed. The anions have no effect on the color. The intense green color of the cation results from a strong absorption band at 621 nm (extinction coefficient of ). Malachite green is prepared by the condensation of benzaldehyde and dimethylaniline to give leuco malachite green (LMG): Second, this colorless leuco compound, a relative of triphenylmethane, is oxidized to the cation that is MG: A typical oxidizing agent is manganese dioxide. Hydrolysis of MG gives an alcohol: This alcohol is important because it, not MG, traverses cell membranes. Once inside the cell, it is
The Malachite Box Adveyeva sung the Mistress of the Copper Mountain (mezzo-soprano), Dina Potapovskaya sung Katya (coloratura soprano). The 1954 ballet "The Tale of the Stone Flower" was created by Sergei Prokofiev. "Skazy", also called "The Stone Flower", was the 1987 play of the Maly Theatre. A lot of Soviet and Russian composers drew inspiration from "The Malachite Box". The suite "Skazy" was created by Grigory Frid in 1948. Alexey Muravlev based his symphonic poem "Mount Azov" (1949) on the tale "Beloved Name". In 1979 Margarita Kesareva created a series of piano pieces "Ural Book" (Уральская тетрадь), which included the movement "The Bear