T1503

Trizma^® base

Primary Standard and Buffer, ≥99.9% (titration), crystalline

• Synonym(s): Tris base, Trometamol, 2-Amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol, THAM, Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
• Linear Formula: NH₂C(CH₂OH)₃
• CAS Number: 77-86-1
• Molecular Weight: 121.14
• Beilstein: 741883
• EC Number: 201-064-4
• MDL number: MFCD00004679
• PubChem Substance ID: 24899973
• NACRES: NA.25

Properties

• Quality Level: 300; 400
• description: aminopeptidase substrate
• assay: ≥99.9% (titration)
• form: crystalline
• pH: 10.5-12
• useful pH range: 7-9
• pKa (25 °C): 8.1
• bp: 219-220 °C/10 mmHg (lit.)
• mp: 167-172 °C (lit.)
• solubility: methanol: soluble 26 mg/mL at 25 °C; ethylene glycol: soluble 79.1 mg/mL at 25 °C; water: soluble (678 g/l at 20 °C)
• absorption: ≤0.05 at 290 nm at 40%
• application(s): diagnostic assay manufacturing
• SMILES string: NC(CO)(CO)CO
• InChI: 1S/C4H11NO3/c5-4(1-6,2-7)3-8/h6-8H,1-3,5H2
• InChI key: LENZDBCJOHFCAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Tris is an established basimetric standard and buffer used in biochemistry and molecular biology. It may be used by itself as a buffer or as a component of mixed buffer formulations, such as Tris-EDTA (TE) buffer, Tris-acetate-EDTA (TAE) buffer, Tris-borate-EDTA (TBE) buffer, etc. It is pure, essentially stable, relatively non-hygroscopic and has a high equivalent weight.

40% (w/w) solution in water is clear and colorless.

Application

Trizma^® base has been used:

• as a component of H buffer (cell dissociation buffer)
• for washing and saturation of wells in double sandwich ELISA immunoenzymatic technique
• as an assay buffer for reconstitution of extracted and dried protein samples
• to prepare Tris-HCl buffer that is used to stabilize proteins
• as a buffer to extract carotenoid from tubers
• as a component of sample buffer during protein extraction prior to western blotting
• as a component of sample buffer for sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
• to prepare simulated body fluid (SBF) for calcium phosphate (CaP) resorption assay
• as a buffer for polydopamine (PDA) deposition on stainless steel (SS) substrate

Packaging

5, 10, 25, 50 kg in poly drum

25, 100, 250, 500 g in poly bottle

1 kg in poly bottle

Other Notes

The pH values of all buffers are temperature- and concentration-dependent. For Tris buffers, pH increases about 0.03 unit per °C decrease in temperature, and decreases 0.03-0.05 unit per ten-fold dilution.
For precise applications, use a carefully calibrated pH meter with a glass/calomel combination electrode.

Easily compare specifications for Trizma products with the Trizma specification table.

Legal Information

Trizma is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable
• Personal Protective Equipment: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves