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Magnesium acetate tetrahydrate

ACS reagent, ≥98%

Synonym(s):

Acetic acid magnesium salt

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Linear Formula:
(CH3COO)2Mg · 4H2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
214.45
NACRES:
NB.24
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
39021909
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
EC Number:
205-554-9
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3730605
Assay:
≥98%, 98.0-102.0% (ACS specification)
Grade:
ACS reagent
Form:
solid
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grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

assay

≥98%, 98.0-102.0% (ACS specification)

form

solid

impurities

≤0.001% N compounds, ≤0.005% insolubles

mp

72-75 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.001%, sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.005%

cation traces

Ba: ≤0.001%, Ca: ≤0.01%, Fe: ≤5 ppm, K: ≤0.005%, Mn: ≤0.001%, Na: ≤0.005%, Sr: ≤0.005%, heavy metals: ≤5 ppm (by ICP)

SMILES string

O.O.O.O.CC(=O)O[Mg]OC(C)=O

InChI

1S/2C2H4O2.Mg.4H2O/c2*1-2(3)4;;;;;/h2*1H3,(H,3,4);;4*1H2/q;;+2;;;;/p-2

InChI key

XKPKPGCRSHFTKM-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Application

Magnesium acetate tetrahydrate can be used as:
  • A base to synthesize diarylbenzofuran carboxylic acids by reacting m-hydroxybenzoic acids and alkynes via Ru-catalyzed C-H alkenylation.
  • A magnesium source to synthesize porous magnesium carboxylate frameworks.


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Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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Marie L Salva et al.
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Nucleic acid hybridization reactions play an important role in many (bio)chemical fields, for example, for the development of portable point-of-care diagnostics, and often such applications require nucleic acid-based reaction systems that ideally run without enzymes under isothermal conditions. The use
The crystal structure of magnesium acetate-tetrahydrate Mg (CH3 COO)2. 4H2 O.
Shankar J, et al.
Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Section A, 45(2), 117-117 (1957)
Hieu Bui et al.
Nano letters, 10(9), 3367-3372 (2010-08-05)
To fabricate quantum dot arrays with programmable periodicity, functionalized DNA origami nanotubes were developed. Selected DNA staple strands were biotin-labeled to form periodic binding sites for streptavidin-conjugated quantum dots. Successful formation of arrays with periods of 43 and 71 nm