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PHR3140

Tetracaine

pharmaceutical secondary standard, certified reference material

Synonym(s):

Tetracaine, 4-(Butylamino)benzoic acid 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl ester

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C15H24N2O2
CAS Number:
94-24-6
Molecular Weight:
264.36
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
MDL number:
MFCD00053787
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Quality Segment

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to USP 1649991

API family

tetracaine

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

packaging

pkg of 100 mg

application(s)

pharmaceutical

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCCCNc1ccc(cc1)C(=O)OCCN(C)C

InChI

1S/C15H24N2O2/c1-4-5-10-16-14-8-6-13(7-9-14)15(18)19-12-11-17(2)3/h6-9,16H,4-5,10-12H2,1-3H3

InChI key

GKCBAIGFKIBETG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards

Application

Topical ophthalmic anesthetic; used for spinal anesthesia

Biochem/physiol Actions

Blocks voltage-sensitive release of Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic reticulum.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

Find a digital Reference Material for this product available on our online platform ChemisTwin® for NMR. You can use this digital equivalent on ChemisTwin® for your sample identity confirmation and compound quantification (with digital external standard). An NMR spectrum of this substance can be viewed and an online comparison against your sample can be performed with a few mouseclicks. Learn more here and start your free trial.
This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAC7305 in the Documents slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Skull and crossbonesHealth hazard
GHS06,GHS08

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Carc. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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