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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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Product Name

Calcium chloride dihydrate, Molecular Biology, ≥99.0%

InChI key

LLSDKQJKOVVTOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-L

InChI

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

SMILES string

O.O.Cl[Ca]Cl

grade

Molecular Biology

assay

≥99.0%

form

powder

mp

176 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 294 mg/mL, clear, colorless

foreign activity

DNase, RNase, protease, none detected

Quality Level

200

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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.

pictograms

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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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Substances Subject to be Indicated Names

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Substances Subject to be Notified Names

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C3306-250G: + C3306-VAR: + C3306-EW: + C3306-100G: + C3306-BULK: + C3306-500G:

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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
Zhijian Zhao et al.
Scientific reports, 10(1), 4399-4399 (2020-03-12)
The retina decomposes visual stimuli into parallel channels that encode different features of the visual environment. Central to this computation is the synaptic processing in a dense layer of neuropil, the so-called inner plexiform layer (IPL). Here, different types of
Denisa Hathazi et al.
The EMBO journal, 39(23), e105364-e105364 (2020-11-01)
Reversible infantile respiratory chain deficiency (RIRCD) is a rare mitochondrial myopathy leading to severe metabolic disturbances in infants, which recover spontaneously after 6-months of age. RIRCD is associated with the homoplasmic m.14674T>C mitochondrial DNA mutation; however, only ~ 1/100 carriers develop
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