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DL-Mandelic acid

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

(±)-α-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH(OH)COOH
CAS Number:
90-64-2
Molecular Weight:
152.15
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329756123
EC Number:
202-007-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
510011
MDL number:
MFCD00064250

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Product Name

DL-Mandelic acid, analytical standard

InChI

1S/C8H8O3/c9-7(8(10)11)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5,7,9H,(H,10,11)

SMILES string

OC(C(O)=O)c1ccccc1

InChI key

IWYDHOAUDWTVEP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

grade

analytical standard

assay

≥98.5% (HPLC)

optical activity

[α]/D 0±1°, c = 5 in H2O

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
forensics and toxicology
personal care
veterinary

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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Application

DL-Mandelic acid may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of DL-mandelic acid in:
  • Human urine samples by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipped with ultraviolet (UV) detector.
  • Rat urine samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with selected ion monitoring (SIM) detection.

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General description

DL-Mandelic acid is an aromatic hydrocarbon metabolite of styrene.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H318

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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BCCH9685
BCCD4084
BCBW7108

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Simultaneous determination of urinary hippuric acid, o-, m-and p-methylhippuric acids, mandelic acid and phenylglyoxylic acid for biomonitoring of volatile organic compounds by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Ohashi Y, et al.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 566(2), 167-171 (2006)
P Vodicka et al.
Carcinogenesis, 16(7), 1473-1481 (1995-07-01)
Occupational exposure to styrene was studied in nine workers of a hand lamination plant in Bohemia. Personal dosimeters were used to monitor the styrene workplace exposure, and the levels of styrene in blood and mandelic acid in urine were measured.
Ludmila Krivánková et al.
Electrophoresis, 24(3), 505-517 (2003-02-06)
Effects originating from the variability of the sample matrix can be efficiently eliminated when the separation conditions are selected so that compounds of like charge with high concentration referred to as macrocomponents are embodied into the system of transient isotachophoresis.
H A Kolstad et al.
International archives of occupational and environmental health, 72(3), 135-141 (1999-07-07)
Organic solvents have been suspected to exert detrimental effects on human spermiogenesis. Styrene, which is both mutagenic and neurotoxic, was selected as a suitable organic solvent for further assessment of a possible effect on semen quality and sperm DNA damage.
H Crespi et al.
The Journal of investigative dermatology, 78(6), 493-497 (1982-06-01)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the in vivo state of both branches of the autonomic nervous system in children with chronic atopic dermatitis. In 15 patients, age 4 to 11, the following parameters were analyzed: (1) basal
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