90910

Betaine hydrochloride

certified reference material, TraceCERT^®, Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

• Synonym(s): (Carboxymethyl)trimethylammonium hydrochloride
• Linear Formula: (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂COOH · Cl^-
• CAS Number: 590-46-5
• Molecular Weight: 153.61
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 3916181
• MDL number: MFCD00011903
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: certified reference material; TraceCERT^®
• Quality Level: 300
• product line: TraceCERT^®
• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• manufacturer/tradename: Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable
• mp: 241-242 °C (lit.)
• application(s): food and beverages
• format: neat
• SMILES string: [Cl-].C[N+](C)(C)CC(O)=O
• InChI: 1S/C5H11NO2.ClH/c1-6(2,3)4-5(7)8;/h4H2,1-3H3;1H
• InChI key: HOPSCVCBEOCPJZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• Gene Information: human ... BHMT(635) , BHMT2(23743)

Description

General description

This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.

Biochem/physiol Actions

End-product of oxidative metabolism of choline, betaine is a general methyl donor, in particular in a minor pathway of methionine biosynthesis. It is used to treat homocystinuria, which is a defect in the major pathway of methionine biosynthesis.

Legal Information

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

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS05
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H318
• pcodes: P280 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Dam. 1
• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable