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Potassium bicarbonate

puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP, E501, 99.5-101.0% (acidimetric)

Synonym(s):

Potassium hydrogen carbonate

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Linear Formula:
KHCO3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
100.12
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
206-059-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4535309
MDL number:
Assay:
99.5-101.0% (acidimetric)
Form:
powder or crystals
Solubility:
water: soluble(lit.)
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grade

puriss.

Quality Level

assay

99.5-101.0% (acidimetric)

form

powder or crystals

quality

meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP, E501

impurities

organic volatile impurities, complies (GC), ≤0.0005% heavy metals (as Pb), ≤0.002% ammonium (NH4)

loss

≤0.1% loss on drying, 4 h (on silica gel)

pH

8.0-8.6 (20 °C, 5%)

solubility

water: soluble(lit.)

anion traces

carbonate (K2CO3): ≤2.5%, chloride (Cl-): ≤50 mg/kg, sulfate (SO42-): ≤100 mg/kg

cation traces

As: ≤1 mg/kg, Ca: ≤50 mg/kg, Fe: ≤10 mg/kg, Na: ≤300 mg/kg, Pb: ≤5 mg/kg

suitability

complies for appearance of solution

SMILES string

[K+].OC([O-])=O

InChI

1S/CH2O3.K/c2-1(3)4;/h(H2,2,3,4);/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

TYJJADVDDVDEDZ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

General description

Potassium bicarbonate (Potassium hydrogen carbonate) is an inexpensive, nontoxic base. It is used to regulate pH or as a reagent.

Application

Potassium bicarbonate is used:
  • In the synthesis of cyclic ammonium cation N,N-dimethyl-3,5-dimethylpiperidinium (DMDMP).
  • As a base in the preparation of glycerol carbonate and glycidol from 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (HAL).



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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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Relation between phosphate energy donors and incorporation of labeled amino acids into proteins.
P C ZAMECNIK et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 209(1), 337-354 (1954-07-01)
Constance Alabert et al.
Cell reports, 30(4), 1223-1234 (2020-01-30)
Chromatin states must be maintained during cell proliferation to uphold cellular identity and genome integrity. Inheritance of histone modifications is central in this process. However, the histone modification landscape is challenged by incorporation of new unmodified histones during each cell
Masaru Watanabe et al.
Carbohydrate research, 341(18), 2891-2900 (2006-11-01)
Liquefaction of glucose into oil was examined in hot-compressed water at 300 degrees C and 30 or 60 min in a tumbling batch reactor. The effects of alkali (KHCO(3)), a hydrogenating agent (HCO(2)H), and a cobalt catalyst (Co(3)O(4)) were studied.



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12602-1KG04061838723802
12602-6X1KG04061838723819