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About This Item
$69.60
Product Name
Cytosine, ≥99%
biological source
synthetic (organic)
Quality Segment
assay
≥99%
form
powder
mp
>300 °C (lit.)
solubility
0.5 M HCl: 50 mg/mL, clear to very slightly hazy, colorless to faintly yellow
SMILES string
NC1=NC(=O)NC=C1
InChI
1S/C4H5N3O/c5-3-1-2-6-4(8)7-3/h1-2H,(H3,5,6,7,8)
InChI key
OPTASPLRGRRNAP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Application
- for the preparation of nucleobase solutions
- as a standard for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
- for the estimation of global methylation rate
- for nucleoside 5′-triphosphate (NTP) synthesis
- purification
Biochem/physiol Actions
1 of 1
This Item | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| description ≥99% | description Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material | description United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard | description ≥99% |
| biological source synthetic (organic) | biological source - | biological source - | biological source synthetic |
| Quality Level 200 | Quality Level 300 | Quality Level - | Quality Level 200 |
| assay ≥99% | assay - | assay - | assay ≥99% |
| form powder | form - | form - | form powder |
| solubility 0.5 M HCl: 50 mg/mL, clear to very slightly hazy, colorless to faintly yellow | solubility - | solubility - | solubility 1 M NaOH: 50 mg/mL, colorless to faintly yellow, 1 M NaOH: 5 mg/mL, clear to very slightly hazy |
| mp >300 °C (lit.) | mp >300 °C (lit.) | mp >300 °C (lit.) | mp >300 °C (lit.) |
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Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 1
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
ppe
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