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Taurine

puriss. p.a., ≥99.0% (T)

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Synonym

2-Aminoethanesulfonic acid

Molecular Formula

NH₂CH₂CH₂SO₃H

Molecular Weight

125.15

CAS Number

107-35-7

Beilstein Registry Number

1751215

MDL number

MFCD00008197

PubChem Substance ID

24888585

EG/EC Number

203-483-8

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Descriptions

Biochem/physiol Actions

Non-selective endogenous agonist at glycine receptors. Conditionally essential sulfonated amino acid which modulates apoptosis in some cells; functions in many metabolic activities; a product of methionine and cysteine metabolism.

Properties

grade

puriss. p.a.

assay

≥99.0% (T)

ign. residue

≤0.1% (as SO₄)

loss

≤0.2% loss on drying, 110 °C

>300 °C(lit.)

328-329 °C (dec.)

solubility

H₂O: 0.1 g/mL, clear, colorless

anion traces

chloride (Cl^-): ≤50 mg/kg

sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤500 mg/kg

cation traces

As: ≤0.1 mg/kg

Ca: ≤10 mg/kg

Cd: ≤5 mg/kg

Co: ≤5 mg/kg

Cr: ≤5 mg/kg

Cu: ≤5 mg/kg

Fe: ≤5 mg/kg

K: ≤50 mg/kg

Mg: ≤5 mg/kg

Mn: ≤5 mg/kg

Na: ≤50 mg/kg

Ni: ≤5 mg/kg

Pb: ≤5 mg/kg

Zn: ≤5 mg/kg

Gene Information

rat ... Ppm1a(24666)

References

Reference

Han, N.L., Characterization of a glycine receptor domain that controls the binding and gating mechanisms of the beta-amino acid agonist, taurine. J. Neurochem. 79, 636, (2001)

De Saint Jan, D., Activation of human alpha1 and alpha2 homomeric glycine receptors by taurine and GABA. J. Physiol. 535, 741, (2001)

Merck

Merck 13,9163

Beilstein

Beil. 4,IV,3289

reference

Aldrich MSDS 1, 1635:B / Corp MSDS 1 (2), 3214:D / FT-IR 2 (1), 1511:A / FT-IR 1 (1), 890:A / FT-NMR 1 (1), 1433:C / IR-Spectra (3), 536:D / IR-Spectra (2), 474:H / NMR-Reference 2 (2), 792:A / RegBook 1 (1), 1059:F / Sax 6, 2499 / Sigma FT-IR 1 (2), 901:A / Structure Index 1, 164:D:9

Safety

Hazard Codes

Risk Statements

36/37/38

Safety Statements

26-36

WGK Germany

RTECS

WX0175000