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Magnesium acetate solution

BioUltra, Molecular Biology, ~1 M in H2O

Synonym(s):

Magnesium acetate anhydrous, Mg(OAc)2

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Linear Formula:
(CH3COO)2Mg
CAS Number:
142-72-3
Molecular Weight:
142.39
UNSPSC Code:
12161700
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
329759766
MDL number:
MFCD00003539
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3692530
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grade

Molecular Biology

Quality Segment

200

product line

BioUltra

form

liquid

concentration

~1 M in H2O

impurities

DNases, none detected, RNases, none detected, insoluble matter, passes filter test, phosphatases, none detected, proteases, none detected

refractive index

n20/D 1.358

pH

5.0-7.0 (25 °C)

cation traces

Al: ≤5 mg/kg, Ba: ≤1 mg/kg, Bi: ≤1 mg/kg, Ca: ≤5 mg/kg, Cd: ≤1 mg/kg, Co: ≤1 mg/kg, Cr: ≤1 mg/kg, Cu: ≤5 mg/kg, Fe: ≤1 mg/kg, K: ≤20 mg/kg, Li: ≤1 mg/kg, Mn: ≤5 mg/kg, Mo: ≤1 mg/kg, Na: ≤20 mg/kg, Ni: ≤2 mg/kg, Pb: ≤1 mg/kg, Sr: ≤1 mg/kg, Zn: ≤1 mg/kg

λ

neat

UV absorption

λ: 260 nm Amax: 0.04, λ: 280 nm Amax: 0.02

SMILES string

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

InChI

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

InChI key

UEGPKNKPLBYCNK-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Application

Magnesium acetate is used in molecular biology applications such as batch in vitro transcription of RNA and the crystallization of transcription factor:DNA complexes and proteins via the sitting-drop vapor-diffusion method.
Magnesium acetate solution has been used:
  • to supplement Midkin fused to the biotin ligase BioID2 (MK-BioID2) conditioned medium for in-tube biotinylation assay
  • as a component of lysis buffer and amplified RNA (aRNA) fragmentation buffer to perform aRNA fragmentation
  • as a component of lysis buffer and DamID buffer for sequencing zygote samples

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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