Cyanogen bromide

Product Code.	Quantity	unitSize
15431287	100 g	100g
15411287	5 g	5g
15421287	25 g	25g

Product Code. 15431287

Brand: Thermo Scientific Alfa Aesar 032731.22

Description

CAS: 506-68-3 | CBrN | 105.922 g/mol

Cyanogen bromide is used as a reagent in molecular biology, peptide mapping, gold extraction and amino acid sequence analysis. It acts as a coupling reagent for phosphoramidate or pyrophosphate inter-nucleotide bonds in DNA duplexes. It is also used in organic synthesis to prepare cyanamides, dicyanamides, cyanuric bromide, guanidines and hydroxylguanidines. It is involved in the von Braun reaction, it gives disubstituted cyanamides by reacting with tertiary amines.

This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.

Specifications

Chemical Identifiers

• CAS: 506-68-3
• Molecular Formula: CBrN
• Molecular Weight (g/mol): 105.922
• MDL Number: MFCD00011597
• InChI Key: ATDGTVJJHBUTRL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• Synonym: cyanogen bromide, bromine cyanide, bromocyanide, cyanobromide, bromocyanogen, bromocyan, campilit, cyanogen monobromide, bromure de cyanogen, cyanogen bromide brcn
• PubChem CID: 10476
• IUPAC Name: carbononitridic bromide
• SMILES: C(#N)Br

• Melting Point: 50°C to 52°C
• Density: 2.015
• Boiling Point: 61.4°C
• Odor: Acrid
• Quantity: 100 g
• UN Number: UN1889
• Sensitivity: Light and moisture sensitive
• Merck Index: 14,2693
• Solubility Information: Soluble in chloroform,dichloromethane,ethanol,diethyl ether,benzene and acetonitrile.
• Formula Weight: 105.93
• Physical Form: Crystals
• Chemical Name or Material: Cyanogen bromide

Safety and Handling

SDS

RUO – Research Use Only