51805-45-9 Usage
Description
TCEP HCl (51805-45-9) is a reagent for selective reduction of disulfides in aqueous solutions1-3?with distinct advantages over DTT which are application specific3. For example, spin labels are more stable with TCEP than DTT, Ni2+?(leached from affinity columns) causes rapid oxidation of DTT with no effect on TCEP and for long term storage of proteins TCEP is more stable than DTT with no metal chelator (EGTA) present but DTT is more stable in the presence of metal chelators.3
Chemical Properties
White Crystalline Solid
Uses
Different sources of media describe the Uses of 51805-45-9 differently. You can refer to the following data:
1. TCEP (Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride) is an alternative which is not pungent, more stable and works even at low pH. It is more selective, i.e. do not reduce metals and buried disulfides.
2. Biochemical tool for selective reduction of disulfide bridges at low pH; reductant for redox assays.
3. Reducing agent, specific for disulfidesTris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride is widely used as a reducing agent to reduce disulfide bonds in proteins and trans-4,5-dihydroxy-1,2-dithiane. It is involved in the reduction of sulfoxides, sulfonyl chlorides, N-oxides, and azides. It plays an important role in the tissue homogenization process for RNA isolation. It acts as a chelating agent and forms complexes with various heavy metal ions such as Zn(II), Cd(II), Pb(II), and Ni(II). Furthermore, it is useful in the labeling of cysteine residues with maleimides.
Preparation
The preparation of Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride is as follows:Trimethyl 3,3 ', 3 "-phosphine triphenylpropionate (92.5g, 0.28mol) prepared as described above was added to a 250 ml reaction flask under mechanical stirring conditions and a molar ratio of 12mol/(120ml, 1.44mol), the mixture was heated to 90°C, the solid gradually dissolved, continue to heat the reaction 4h, stirring and cooling with ice water, precipitation of white solid, filter, filter cake with distilled water to get white (2-carboxyethyl) phosphine hydrochloride, dried, weighing 61.3g, yield 82.4%
General Description
Tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP) is very effective in cleaving disulfide bonds in aqueous solution. It dissolves in water and is odorless, unlike other trialkylphosphines (tributylphosphine). It is also less toxic than 2-mercaptoethanol. These advantages make it better than the other reducing agents.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride solution reduces the disulfide bonds and leaves other functional groups intact in proteins.
References
1) Fischer?et al.?(1993),?In situ reduction suitable for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and liquid secondary ionization using tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine; Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom.,?7?225
2) Kirley?et al.?(1989),?Reduction and fluorescent labeling of cyst(e)ine-containing proteins for subsequent structural analysis; Anal. Biochem.,?180?231
3) Getz?et al. (1999),?A comparison between the sulfhydryl reductants tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine and dithiothreitol for use in protein biochemistry; Anal. Biochem.,?273?73
Check Digit Verification of cas no
The CAS Registry Mumber 51805-45-9 includes 8 digits separated into 3 groups by hyphens. The first part of the number,starting from the left, has 5 digits, 5,1,8,0 and 5 respectively; the second part has 2 digits, 4 and 5 respectively.
Calculate Digit Verification of CAS Registry Number 51805-45:
(7*5)+(6*1)+(5*8)+(4*0)+(3*5)+(2*4)+(1*5)=109
109 % 10 = 9
So 51805-45-9 is a valid CAS Registry Number.
InChI:InChI=1/C9H15O6P/c10-7(11)1-4-16(5-2-8(12)13)6-3-9(14)15/h1-6H2,(H,10,11)(H,12,13)(H,14,15)/p-3
