Violanthrone, also known as dibenzanthrone, is an organic compound that serves as a vat dye and a precursor to other vat dyes. X-ray crystallography confirms that the molecule is planar with C2vsymmetry.[1] Isomeric with violanthrone is isoviolanthrone, which has a centrosymmetric structure.[2]
^Heinrich Zollinger, Color Chemistry: Syntheses, Properties, and Applications of Organic Dyes and Pigments, 3rd edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2003, ISBN3-906390-23-3, p. 291
^CN patent 106243769, Wang Hongwei, Xu Huixiang, Li Zhen, Jiang Dawei, Gao Hongyu, Guo Yuan, "A kind of preparation method of Vat Brilliant Green FFB"