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V900477

HEPES

99.5%, crystalline powder, reagent grade, Vetec

Synonym(s):

4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)piperazine-1-ethanesulfonic acid, N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)piperazine-N′-(2-ethanesulfonic acid)

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H18N2O4S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
238.30
UNSPSC Code:
12161700
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
230-907-9
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
883043
MDL number:
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Product Name

HEPES, Vetec, reagent grade, 99.5%

grade

reagent grade

product line

Vetec

assay

99.5%

form

crystalline powder

pH

5.0-6.5 (25 °C, 238 g/L)

useful pH range

6.8-8.2

pKa (25 °C)

7.5

solubility

water: 500 mg/mL, clear, colorless

SMILES string

OCCN1CCN(CC1)CCS(O)(=O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H18N2O4S/c11-7-5-9-1-3-10(4-2-9)6-8-15(12,13)14/h11H,1-8H2,(H,12,13,14)

InChI key

JKMHFZQWWAIEOD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

HEPES, a zwitterionic buffer having a pH range of 6.8-8.2, is one among the 20 Good′s buffers. It′s commonly used in cell culture applications as it helps in maintaining the physiological pH.

Legal Information

Vetec is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany


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Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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Acid-base buffering in organ preservation solutions as a function of temperature: new parameters for comparing buffer capacity and efficiency
Baicu SC and Taylor MJ
Cryobiology, 45(1), 33-48 (2002)
Evidence-based guidelines for controlling pH in mammalian live-cell culture systems
Michl J, et al.
Communications biology, 2(1), 1-12 (2019)
Brendan M Leung et al.
Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, 9(11), 1247-1258 (2013-03-19)
Modular cardiac tissues developed both vascular and cardiac structures in vivo, provided that the host response was attenuated by omitting xenoproteins from the modules. Collagen gel modules (with Matrigel(TM)) containing cardiomyocytes (CMs) alone or CMs with surface-seeded endothelial cells (ECs; CM/EC



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
V900477-500G04061833495131
V900477-100G04061835522705