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Acrylamide

for Northern and Southern blotting, powder blend

Synonym(s):

2-Propenamide, Polyacrylamide, acrylic amide, akrylamid, Acrylic acid amide

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Linear Formula:
CH2=CHCONH2
CAS Number:
79-06-1
Molecular Weight:
71.08
Beilstein:
605349
EC Number:
201-173-7
MDL number:
MFCD00008032
UNSPSC Code:
41105319
eCl@ss:
39031205
PubChem Substance ID:
329747346
NACRES:
NA.25

grade

for molecular biology

Quality Level

200

vapor density

2.45 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.03 mmHg ( 40 °C)

product line

BioReagent

Assay

≥99.5% (GC)

form

powder blend

technique(s)

electrophoresis: suitable

impurities

DNases, none detected
 RNases, none detected
 phosphatases, none detected
 proteases, none detected

bp

125 °C/25 mmHg (lit.)

mp

82-86 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 0.25 g/mL at 20 °C, clear, colorless

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

NC(=O)C=C

InChI

1S/C3H5NO/c1-2-3(4)5/h2H,1H2,(H2,4,5)

InChI key

HRPVXLWXLXDGHG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Acrylamide powder is a white, odorless, crystalline solid. It is commonly used in molecular biology labs as a cross linking agent to cast polyacrylamide gels for nucleic acid electrophoresis.

Application

Suitable for making polyacrylamide gels according to established recipes.

Caution

Acrylamide powder is highly toxic through inhalation and skin contact. Acrylamide is considered to be a probable carciongen in humans. Standard laboratory nitrile gloves and full sleeve lab coats should be worn when handling acrylamide in any form. Dust masks or working in a fume hood is advised when handling acrylamide powder.

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Pictograms

Skull and crossbonesHealth hazard
GHS06,GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Carc. 1B - Eye Irrit. 2 - Muta. 1B - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1 - STOT RE 1 Oral

Target Organs

Peripheral nervous system

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

280.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

138 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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R.C. Ogden et al.
Methods in Enzymology, 152, 66-66 (1987)
Janneke G F Hogervorst et al.
Carcinogenesis, 35(5), 1032-1038 (2014-01-09)
Acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen, is present in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods. Epidemiological studies have not shown a clear association between acrylamide intake and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. This may be due to the molecular heterogeneity in colorectal tumors, which was
Rusty L Montgomery et al.
EMBO molecular medicine, 6(10), 1347-1356 (2014-09-23)
Over the last decade, great enthusiasm has evolved for microRNA (miRNA) therapeutics. Part of the excitement stems from the fact that a miRNA often regulates numerous related mRNAs. As such, modulation of a single miRNA allows for parallel regulation of
Arianna Rath et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(39), 15668-15673 (2013-09-11)
SDS/PAGE is universally used in biochemistry, cell biology, and immunology to resolve minute protein amounts readily from tissue and cell extracts. Although molecular weights of water-soluble proteins are reliably determined from their SDS/PAGE mobility, most helical membrane proteins, which comprise
Franco Pedreschi et al.
Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 94(1), 9-20 (2013-08-14)
Acrylamide (AA) is known as a neurotoxin in humans and it is classified as a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency of Research on Cancer. AA is produced as by-product of the Maillard reaction in starchy foods processed at
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