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A3007

N-Acetylmuramic acid

≥98% (TLC)

Synonym(s):

(R)-2-(Acetylamino)-3-O-(1-carboxyethyl)-2-deoxy-D-glucose, 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-3-O-(D-1-carboxyethyl)-D-glucopyranose, MurNAc, NAMA

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C11H19NO8
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
293.27
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1994245
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biological source

synthetic

Quality Segment

assay

≥98% (TLC)

form

powder

technique(s)

thin layer chromatography (TLC): suitable

impurities

≤1 mol/mol methanol

color

white

mp

125  °C ((257 °F ))

solubility

water: 50 mg/mL, clear, colorless

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CC(O[C@H]1[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)OC(O)[C@@H]1NC(C)=O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C11H19NO8/c1-5(11(18)19)20-10(9(17)8(16)4-14)7(3-13)12-6(2)15/h3,5,7-10,14,16-17H,4H2,1-2H3,(H,12,15)(H,18,19)/t5-,7+,8-,9-,10-/m1/s1

InChI key

SOARVSUSWULNDI-TVVSKHENSA-N

Application

N-Acetylmuramic acid (NAMA), a lactic acid ether derivative of N-acetylglucosamine found in bacterial cell wall proteoglycans, is used as a substrate to identify, differentiate and characterize N-acetylmuramic acid/N-acetylglucosamine kinase(s) and N-acetylmuramic acid etherase(s).

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Other Notes

To gain a comprehensive understanding of our extensive range of Monosaccharides for your research, we encourage you to visit our Carbohydrates Category page.


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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - STOT SE 2

target_organs

Eyes,Central nervous system

Storage Class

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

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P2 (EN 143) respirator cartridges



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