Product Specification and Analysis

 

[1,2-bis-(o-Aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N’,N’-tetraacetic acid, potassium]

 

PRODUCT NAME:

BAPTA (Tetrapotassium Salt)

 

 

 

C22H20N2O10K4

 

M.W. 628.8 g/mol

 

Kd = 110 nM

 

Store Frozen (-20°C)

 

PROTECT FROM LIGHT

 

Soluble in H2O (pH  > 6)

 

DESCRIPTION:

 

White solid. Ratiometric Ca2+ indicator having a 105 fold greater affinity for Ca2+ than Mg2+. After complexation with Ca2+ the absorption maximum shifts from 254 to 279 at pH > 6.

 

CATALOG NUMBER:

 

0101

 

APPEARANCE:

 

White Solid

 

TLC :

 

Reverse phase (C18)

Rf = > 0.9

Purity:  100%

 

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM:

 

l max (low calcium):   254 nm

Extinction: 5,000 M-1cm-1

 

HPLC:

Solvent System:

Column:

 

Purity: >95%

Water/MeOH gradient 40-100%

C18

 

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