Ammonium Reineckate PurReagent (Suitable for choline determination)

PurReagent


Properties

M pt. 268-272°C(dec.)(lit.)
Form Powder

Safety Information

Hazard Statement(s) H302 + H312 + H332
Precautionary Statement  P261 - P264 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P302 + P352 + P312 - P304 + P340 + P312
GHS Pictogram
Signal word Warning
HS Code 28429019
Storage Class 11 - Combustible Solids

Description

Application
It is applied as a qualitative analytical reagent to precipitate primary and secondary amines amino acids like proline and alkaloids as insoluble reineckates for identification and quantification.

Purpose
Its purpose is to form characteristically colored crystalline precipitates enabling separation and detection of basic nitrogen compounds in classical gravimetric analysis.

General Description
Reinecke salt (CAS 13573-17-6) or ammonium tetra(thiocyanato)diamminechromate(III) monohydrate is a dark-red crystalline solid with formula NH[Cr(NH)(NCS)]HO molecular weight 354.42 gmol density 1.49 gcm and melting point around 270C (decomposition).