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Cyanogen bromide, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
Cyanogen bromide is used as a reagent in molecular biology, peptide mapping, gold extraction and amino acid sequence analysis. It acts as a coupling reagent for phosphoramidate or pyrophosphate inter-nucleotide bonds in DNA duplexes. It is also used in organic synthesis to prepare cyanamides, dicyanamides, cyanuric bromide, guanidines and hydroxylguanidines. It is involved in the von Braun reaction, it gives disubstituted cyanamides by reacting with tertiary amines.
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Specifications
Melting Point
50°C to 52°C
Density
2.015
Boiling Point
61.4°C
Quantity
25 g
Sensitivity
Light and moisture sensitive
Solubility Information
Soluble in chloroform,dichloromethane,ethanol,diethyl ether,benzene and acetonitrile.
Formula Weight
105.93
Physical Form
Crystals
Chemical Name or Material
Cyanogen bromide
Hazard Category
H300+H310+H330-H314-H335-H373
Precautionary Statement
P260-P262-P264b-P270-P271-P280-P284-P303+P361+P353-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P310-P330-P331-P363-P501c
DOTInformation
Hazard Class: 6.1; Packaging Group: I
EINECSNumber
208-051-2
RTECSNumber
GT2100000
TSCA
Yes
Recommended Storage
Keep cold; Store under Argon
RUO – Research Use Only
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