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HEPES

EMPROVE® EVOLVE

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Synonym(s):

HEPES, 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
Beilstein:
883043
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12161700

biological source

synthetic

Quality Level

product line

EMPROVE® EVOLVE

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

impurities

Endotoxin, microbial, and trace metals; tested

pH

4.7-5.5

useful pH range

6.8-8.2
6.8-8.2

pKa (25 °C)

7.5

pKa 

7.5

suitability

suitable for manufacturing use

foreign activity

Cytotoxicity, DNase, NICKase, RNase, and Protease; tested

storage temp.

2-30°C

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

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Application

HEPES is a biological buffer often referred to as a “Good′s” buffer. It is the most commonly used biological buffer since the pKa of HEPES is 7.31 which corresponds to the physiological pH of 7.36. HEPES is considered to be non-toxic to culture cell lines, highly water soluble and provides high solution clarity.HEPES is used in cell culture media, in biopharma buffer formulations (both upstream and downstream), and in diagnostic reagents. HEPES based buffers are used in purification bioprocesses of antibodies, bioactives, proteins and growth factors.

Packaging

100 g in poly bottle
5, 10, 25, 50 kg in poly drum

Legal Information

Emprove is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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