A4106

N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine

≥95% (HPLC)

• Synonym(s): 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose, D-GlcNAc
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₈H₁₅NO₆
• CAS Number: 7512-17-6
• Molecular Weight: 221.21
• UNSPSC Code: 12352201
• NACRES: NA.25
• PubChem Substance ID: 329770850
• EC Number: 231-368-2
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1727589
• MDL number: MFCD00061615

Properties

• Quality Segment: 200
• assay: ≥95% (HPLC)
• form: powder
• color: beige
• mp: 211 °C (dec.) (lit.)
• solubility: water: 50 mg/mL, clear to cloudy, colorless to faintly yellow
• storage temp.: −20°C
• SMILES string: CC(=O)N[C@H]1C(O)O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O
• InChI: 1S/C8H15NO6/c1-3(11)9-5-7(13)6(12)4(2-10)15-8(5)14/h4-8,10,12-14H,2H2,1H3,(H,9,11)/t4-,5-,6-,7-,8?/m1/s1
• InChI key: OVRNDRQMDRJTHS-RTRLPJTCSA-N

Description

Application

N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine (D-GlcNAc) is a derivitized glucose monomer found in polymers of bacterial cell walls, chitin, hyaluronic acids and various glycans. D-GlcNAc is used to identify, differentiate and characterize N-acetyl-β-D-hexoaminidase(s).

Other Notes

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Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)