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C3306

Calcium chloride dihydrate

Molecular Biology, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

CaCl2.2H2O, Calcium chloride, Calcium dichloride

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CaCl2 · 2H2O
CAS Number:
10035-04-8
Molecular Weight:
147.01
NACRES:
NA.31
PubChem Substance ID:
24892603
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
233-140-8
MDL number:
MFCD00149613
Assay:
≥99.0%
Grade:
Molecular Biology
Form:
powder
Solubility:
H2O: 294 mg/mL, clear, colorless
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grade

Molecular Biology

Quality Level

200

assay

≥99.0%

form

powder

mp

176 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 294 mg/mL, clear, colorless

foreign activity

DNase, RNase, protease, none detected

SMILES string

O.O.Cl[Ca]Cl

InChI

1S/Ca.2ClH.2H2O/h;2*1H;2*1H2/q+2;;;;/p-2

InChI key

LLSDKQJKOVVTOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Application

Calcium chloride dihydrate has been used:
to prepare competent E. coli for transformation(118)
in the preparation of calcium polyphosphate nanospheres and to induce alkaline phosphatase(119)
as a component of renaturation buffer for the zymogram of Staphylococcus aureus crude enzyme extracts(120)

Biochem/physiol Actions

Calcium chloride is used in the heat-shock transformation of microbes with the plasmid. The positive charged calcium forms a cation bridge with phosphate of DNA and negative charged phosphorylated lipid A in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) aiding the DNA transformation into the microbes.

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GHS07

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Warning

hcodes

H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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C3306-100G:4.548173385785E12 + C3306-250G:4.548173401751E12 + C3306-500G:4.548173401768E12

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Preparation of calcium competent Escherichia coli and heat-shock transformation
Chang AY, et al.
Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology, 1, 22-25 (2017)
Hui Sun Leong et al.
Nature communications, 5, 3947-3947 (2014-05-24)
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are frequent and prevalent across the taxa. Although individual non-coding loci have been assigned a function, most are uncharacterized. Their global biological significance is unproven and remains controversial. Here we investigate the role played by ncRNAs in
Bradley T Estes et al.
Nature protocols, 5(7), 1294-1311 (2010-07-03)
The ability to isolate, expand and differentiate adult stem cells into a chondrogenic lineage is an important step in the development of tissue engineering approaches for cartilage repair or regeneration for the treatment of joint injury or osteoarthritis, as well
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