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51845

Sigma-Aldrich

1,2,3-Heptanetriol

high melting isomer, ≥98.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

1,2,3-Trihydroxyheptane, Heptane-1,2,3-triol

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3CH(OH)CH(OH)CH2OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
148.20
Beilstein:
1737083
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12162007
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.26

Assay

≥98.0% (GC)

form

solid

mp

52-55 °C (lit.)
79-81 °C

SMILES string

CCCCC(O)C(O)CO

InChI

1S/C7H16O3/c1-2-3-4-6(9)7(10)5-8/h6-10H,2-5H2,1H3

InChI key

HXYCHJFUBNTKQR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Other Notes

Amphiphile used for the crystallization of membrane proteins. It is added prior to crystallization to the protein solubilized by a small detergent (LDAO or octyl glucoside); Crystallization of reaction centers

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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W. Welte et al.
Febs Letters, 182, 260-260 (1985)
J P Allen et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 81(15), 4795-4799 (1984-08-01)
Reaction centers (RCs), integral membrane proteins that mediate the conversion of light into chemical energy, were crystallized by two different vapor diffusion techniques. In one method, small amphipathic molecules (1,2,3-heptanetriol and triethylammonium phosphate) were added to the RCs that had
Three-dimensional crystals of a membrane protein complex. The photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodopseudomonas viridis.
H Michel
Journal of molecular biology, 158(3), 567-572 (1982-07-05)
M A Rosenow et al.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography, 59(Pt 8), 1422-1428 (2003-07-24)
The effect of detergents and amphiphiles on protein solubility and their use in crystallization solutions was examined for an integral membrane protein, the light-harvesting I complex from Rhodospirillum centenum. Measurement by a centrifugation assay of the solubility of the protein
J P Allen
Proteins, 20(3), 283-286 (1994-11-01)
The reaction center from the nonsulfur purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides has been crystallized in a new form. The crystals grew in the presence of polyethylene glycol 4000, the detergent beta-octyl glucoside, and the amphiphiles heptane triol and benzamidine hydrochloride, using

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