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L4158

Lithium acetate dihydrate

BioXtra

Synonym(s):

Acetic acid lithium salt

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3COOLi · 2H2O
CAS Number:
6108-17-4
Molecular Weight:
102.02
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.31
PubChem Substance ID:
24896363
EC Number:
208-914-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3564320
MDL number:
MFCD00066949
Form:
solid
Solubility:
H2O: 1 M, clear, colorless
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product line

BioXtra

Quality Level

200

form

solid

impurities

≤0.001% Phosphorus (P), ≤0.1% Insoluble matter

mp

53-56 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 1 M, clear, colorless

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.5%, sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.05%

cation traces

Al: ≤0.0005%, Ca: ≤0.005%, Cu: ≤0.0005%, Fe: ≤0.0005%, K: ≤0.005%, Mg: ≤0.001%, NH4+: ≤0.05%, Na: ≤0.005%, Pb: ≤0.001%, Zn: ≤0.0005%

SMILES string

[Li+].[H]O[H].[H]O[H].CC([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C2H4O2.Li.2H2O/c1-2(3)4;;;/h1H3,(H,3,4);;2*1H2/q;+1;;/p-1

InChI key

IAQLJCYTGRMXMA-UHFFFAOYSA-M

General description

Lithium acetate dihydrate is one of the commercially available forms of lithium acetate. Lithium acetate is a common salt with variety of applications such as, product for efficient yeast transformation, drug formulation and therapy, lithium-6 CP/MAS standard, solvent and catalyst. In addition, it is also used as a buffer for gel electrophoresis of DNA and RNA, additive or catalyst for textiles and polymer production and as a precursor material for batteries and ferromagnetic nanoparticles.

Application

Lithium acetate dihydrate has been used for yeast transformation.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
087K0044
087K00441
101K0164
096H03061
093K00401

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Protocols

Yeast Transformation Protocols

Yeasts are considered model systems for eukaryotic studies as they exhibit fast growth and have dispersed cells.

Articles

Yeast Transformation Introduction

Transformation introduces exogenous DNA into cells, a fundamental genetic modification process demonstrated in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Mating based split-ubiquitin assay for detection of protein interactions
Horaruang W and Zhang B
Bio-protocol, 7(4), e2258-e2258 (2017)
MtNODULE ROOT1 and MtNODULE ROOT2 are essential for indeterminate nodule identity
Magne K, et al.
Plant Physiology, 178(1), 295-316 (2018)
Single-step marker switching in Schizosaccharomyces pombe using a lithium acetate transformation protocol
Brown SD and Lorenz A
Bio-protocol, 6(24), 295-316 (2016)
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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
L4158-250G04061833957332
L4158-100G04061833957318
L4158-1KG04061833957325