PHL82551

L-Glutamic acid

phyproof^® Reference Substance

• Synonym(s): (S)-2-Aminopentanedioic acid, Glu
• Linear Formula: HO₂CCH₂CH₂CH(NH₂)CO₂H
• CAS Number: 56-86-0
• Molecular Weight: 147.13
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1723801
• MDL number: MFCD00002634
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: primary reference standard
• product line: phyproof^® Reference Substance
• assay: ≥98.0% (HPLC)
• form: solid
• manufacturer/tradename: PhytoLab
• mp: 205 °C (dec.) (lit.)
• SMILES string: N[C@@H](CCC(O)=O)C(O)=O
• InChI: 1S/C5H9NO4/c6-3(5(9)10)1-2-4(7)8/h3H,1-2,6H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t3-/m0/s1
• InChI key: WHUUTDBJXJRKMK-VKHMYHEASA-N

Description

General description

This substance is a primary reference substance with assigned absolute purity (considering chromatographic purity, water, residual solvents, inorganic impurities). The exact value can be found on the certificate. Produced by PhytoLab GmbH & Co. KG

Biochem/physiol Actions

An excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter that is an agonist at all subtypes of glutamate receptors (metabotropic, kainate, NMDA, and AMPA).

Legal Information

phyproof is a registered trademark of PhytoLab GmbH & Co. KG

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable