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organic compounds
The xanthene moiety in the title compound, C28H31N2O3+.I-.H2O, is planar, with the attached phenyl ring twisted by -78.8 (6)° from the molecular plane. Of the two ethylamino groups one is coplanar and the other makes a dihedral angle of 152.1 (5)° with the xanthene ring system. The positive charge of the cation is delocalized and both N-C(sp2) bonds show double-bond character.