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Trizma^® base

≥99.0% (T), crystalline, aminopeptidase substrate, BioChemika

• Synonym(s): 2-Amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol, THAM, Tris base, Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane, Trometamol
• Linear Formula: NH₂C(CH₂OH)₃
• CAS Number: 77-86-1
• Molecular Weight: 121.14
• NACRES: NA.25
• PubChem Substance ID: 329770229
• UNSPSC Code: 12352104
• EC Number: 201-064-4
• MDL number: MFCD00004679
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 741883

Properties

• Product Name: Trizma^® base, ≥99.0% (T)
• description: aminopeptidase substrate
• Quality Level: 200
• product line: BioChemika
• assay: ≥99.0% (T)
• form: crystalline
• loss: ≤1% loss on drying, 110 °C
• pH: 10.5-12.0(4 m in water, 25 °C)
• useful pH range: 7-9
• pKa (25 °C): 8.1
• bp: 219-220 °C/10 mmHg (lit.)
• mp: 167-172 °C (lit.), 168-172 °C
• solubility: H₂O: 1 M at 20 °C, clear, colorless
• anion traces: chloride (Cl^-): ≤50 mg/kg, sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤50 mg/kg
• cation traces: Ca: ≤10 mg/kg, Cd: ≤5 mg/kg, Co: ≤5 mg/kg, Cr: ≤5 mg/kg, Cu: ≤5 mg/kg, Fe: ≤5 mg/kg, K: ≤50 mg/kg, Mg: ≤5 mg/kg, Mn: ≤5 mg/kg, Na: ≤50 mg/kg, Ni: ≤5 mg/kg, Pb: ≤5 mg/kg, Zn: ≤5 mg/kg
• SMILES string: NC(CO)(CO)CO
• InChI: 1S/C4H11NO3/c5-4(1-6,2-7)3-8/h6-8H,1-3,5H2
• InChI key: LENZDBCJOHFCAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Tris is an established basimetric standard and buffer used in biochemistry and molecular biology. It may be used by itself as a buffer or as a component of mixed buffer formulations, such as Tris-EDTA (TE) buffer, Tris-acetate-EDTA (TAE) buffer, Tris-borate-EDTA (TBE) buffer, etc. It is pure, essentially stable, relatively non-hygroscopic and has a high equivalent weight.

Application

Trizma^® base was used as buffer for the following studies:

• Electrophoretic transfer for the specific identification of isozymes of starch debranching enzyme, α-amylase and 9-amylase.[1]
• Electrophoretic separation of lipoproteins in polyacrylamide gels.[2]
• Preparation of TRIS buffer having pH 8.[3]

It may be used to compose DN buffer for DNA nick-end labeling of tissue sections.[4]

Other Notes

The pH values of all buffers are temperature- and concentration-dependent. For Tris buffers, pH increases about 0.03 unit per °C decrease in temperature, and decreases 0.03-0.05 unit per ten-fold dilution.
For precise applications, use a carefully calibrated pH meter with a glass/calomel combination electrode.

Legal Information

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

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves