Guanidine hydrochloride, >=99.5%

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Properties

Water Solubility 2280 g/L (20 ºC)
Assay Purity >=99.5%
Refractive index n20/D 1.465
M pt. 180-185 °C
Density 1.3 g/cm3
Form Solid

Safety Information

Hazard Statement(s) H302 + H332,H315,H319
Precautionary Statement  P261 - P264 - P301 + P312 - P302 + P352 - P304 + P340 + P312 - P305 + P351 + P338
GHS Pictogram
Signal word Warning
Storage Temp. Room Temperature
Storage Class 11 - Combustible Solids

Description

Application
Guanidine hydrochloride is used in protein unfolding studies RNADNA extraction enzyme inactivation and pharmaceutical research.

Purpose
Its main purpose is to disrupt hydrogen bonding and molecular interactions thereby denaturing biomolecules and aiding in their isolation or analysis.

General Description
Guanidine hydrochloride is a strong chaotropic agent and organic salt with the formula CH5N3HCl commonly used to denature proteins and nucleic acids.