Glycine, MP Biomedicals™

Description

Glycine, ACS Reagent Grade, White Crystalline Powder

• It is widely used as a buffer for a variety of immunological applications.
• It is also used as an eluent in column chromatography.
• It has been reported for use in the enzymatic determination of lactate using lactic dehydrogenase.
• Commonly used as a component in Tris-glycine and Tris-glycine-SDS running buffers for polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, a component of Towbin's transfer buffer for Western blots , a buffer substance in cryoenzymology, in osmotic pressure maintenance in isoelectric focusing of erythrocytes, salting-in effect in protein chemistry, and as a buffer component in the coupled phosphatase-kinase reaction for end labelling of restriction fragments.
• Glycine is a non-essential amino acid. Only amino acid with no asymmetric carbon.
• It is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter.

Specifications

Chemical Identifiers

• CAS: 56-40-6
• Molecular Formula: C2H5NO2
• Molecular Weight (g/mol): 75.07
• MDL Number: MFCD00008131
• InChI Key: DHMQDGOQFOQNFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• PubChem CID: 750
• ChEBI: CHEBI:15428
• IUPAC Name: 2-aminoacetic acid
• SMILES: NCC(O)=O

• Melting Point: 240°C (Decomposition)(Literature)
• Color: White
• Assay Percent Range: ≥98.5%
• Beilstein: 635782
• Synonym: glycine, aminoacetic acid, glycocoll, aminoethanoic acid, glycolixir, glycosthene, aciport, glicoamin, padil, hampshire glycine
• Solubility Information: Soluble in water (250mg/mL at 25°C; 672mg/mL at 100°C); slightly soluble in alcohol and ethanol(95%); almost insoluble in ether.
• Density: 1.16g/mL (Lit.)
• Quantity: 50 g
• Formula Weight: 75.07
• Percent Purity: ≥98.5%
• Grade: Reagent
• Physical Form: Crystalline Powder
• Assay: ≥98.5%
• Chemical Name or Material: Glycine, For ACS analysis

Safety and Handling

RTECSNumber	MB7600000
storageNote1	Store at Room Temperature (15-30°C).

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