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G9284

Guanidine hydrochloride solution

Colorless liquid, 7.8 - 8.3 M, pH- 4.5 - 5.5

Synonym(s):

Aminoformamidine hydrochloride, Guanidinium chloride, Guanidium chloride

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CH5N3 · HCl
CAS Number:
50-01-1
Molecular Weight:
95.53
UNSPSC Code:
12352107
NACRES:
NA.55
PubChem Substance ID:
24895369
MDL number:
MFCD00013026
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3591990
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Quality Level

200

form

liquid

density

1.18 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cl.NC(N)=N

InChI

1S/CH5N3.ClH/c2-1(3)4;/h(H5,2,3,4);1H

InChI key

PJJJBBJSCAKJQF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... KCNA1(3736), KCNA10(3744), KCNA2(3737), KCNA3(3738), KCNA4(3739), KCNA5(3741), KCNA6(3742), KCNA7(3743), KCNB1(3745), KCNB2(9312), KCNC1(3746), KCNC2(3747), KCNC3(3748), KCNC4(3749), KCND1(3750), KCND2(3751), KCND3(3752), KCNF1(3754), KCNG1(3755), KCNG2(26251), KCNG3(170850), KCNG4(93107), KCNH1(3756), KCNH2(3757), KCNH3(23416), KCNH4(23415), KCNH5(27133), KCNH6(81033), KCNH7(90134), KCNH8(131096), KCNQ1(3784), KCNQ2(3785), KCNQ3(3786), KCNQ4(9132), KCNQ5(56479), KCNS1(3787), KCNS2(3788), KCNS3(3790), KCNV1(27012), KCNV2(169522)

Application

Guanidine hydrochloride solution has been used:
  • for protein denaturation
  • to homogenize hypothalamus, thalamus, prefrontal cortex, and brainstem samples for total β-amyloid (Aβ) extraction and Aβ42 quantification
  • as a chaotropic denaturant to treat human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) samples to study its effects on HIV-1 sensitivity and to assay protein stability

Biochem/physiol Actions

Guanidine‐HCl (Gnd-HCl), an efficient chaotropic agent, is broadly used in RNA isolation, globular protein denaturation, and protein refolding studies as a denaturant. It is an appropriate sample buffer for the quick and effective elution of affinity-purified protein complexes and the subsequent protein digestion step. GnHCl can be used to extract proteins in extracellular matrix (ECM)‐rich tissues including bone, cartilage, ligament, and tendon. Gnd-HCl is not used in proteomics experiments due to its interference with trypsin activity at low molar concentrations and tendency to precipitate when combined with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). It is appropriate for performing rapid and single-step affinity-purification mass spectrometry (AP-MS) experiments.

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GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Lot/Batch Number
SLBD2396V
SLCG4857
SLCF6084
SLCD4424
SLBW4783

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Fackson Mwale et al.
Tissue engineering. Part A, 20(21-22), 2942-2949 (2014-05-03)
Link N is a naturally occurring peptide that can stimulate proteoglycan synthesis in intervertebral disc (IVD) cells. IVD repair can also potentially be enhanced by mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) supplementation to maximize extracellular matrix (ECM) production. In a previous study
Caitriona McKeever et al.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 56(3), 700-711 (2013-01-11)
Considering the strong DNA minor groove binding observed for our previous series of diaromatic symmetric and asymmetric guanidinium and 2-aminoimidazolinium derivatives, we report now the synthesis of new aminoalkyl derivatives of diaromatic guanidines with potential as DNA minor groove binders
Masaatsu Adachi et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 78(4), 1699-1705 (2013-01-18)
We describe an improved synthesis of (-)-5,11-dideoxytetrodotoxin from an enone, which was used for synthesis of tetrodotoxin and its analogues in this laboratory. One of the major modifications was to establish a two-step guanidinylation of trichloroacetamide of a highly functionalized
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SKUGTIN
G9284-500ML04061833650165
G9284-100ML04061833650158