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G6779

Guanine

BioUltra

Synonym(s):

2-Amino-1,7-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one, 2-Amino-6-hydroxypurine, 2-Aminohypoxanthine

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H5N5O
CAS Number:
73-40-5
Molecular Weight:
151.13
UNSPSC Code:
41106305
NACRES:
NA.51
PubChem Substance ID:
24895274
EC Number:
200-799-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
9680
MDL number:
MFCD00071533
Assay:
≥99% (HPLC)
Biological source:
synthetic (organic)
Form:
powder
Solubility:
1 M NaOH: 0.1 M, clear, colorless to faintly yellow
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Quality Level

200

biological source

synthetic (organic)

product line

BioUltra

assay

≥99% (HPLC)

form

powder

impurities

≤0.005% Phosphorus (P), ≤0.1% Insoluble matter

ign. residue

≤0.1%

mp

>300 °C (lit.)

solubility

1 M NaOH: 0.1 M, clear, colorless to faintly yellow

cation traces

Al: ≤0.02%, Ca: ≤0.005%, Cu: ≤0.0005%, Fe: ≤0.005%, K: ≤0.005%, Mg: ≤0.005%, Na: ≤0.1%, Pb: ≤0.001%, Zn: ≤0.002%

SMILES string

NC1=Nc2[nH]cnc2C(=O)N1

InChI

1S/C5H5N5O/c6-5-9-3-2(4(11)10-5)7-1-8-3/h1H,(H4,6,7,8,9,10,11)

InChI key

UYTPUPDQBNUYGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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GHS07

signalword

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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0000548087
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0000548088
0000516391

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Wieneke A Buikhuisen et al.
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