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30120

L-Cysteine hydrochloride

≥99.0% (RT)

Synonym(s):

L-Cysteine hydrochloride (1:1)

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Linear Formula:
HSCH2CH(NH2)COOH · HCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
157.62
NACRES:
NA.77
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352209
EC Number:
200-157-7
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3560277
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Product Name

L-Cysteine hydrochloride, anhydrous, ≥99.0% (RT)

Quality Segment

assay

≥99.0% (RT)

form

powder or crystals

optical activity

[α]20/D +6.4±0.3°, c = 5% in 5 M HCl

impurities

≤0.5% foreign amino acids

ign. residue

≤0.1% (as SO4)

loss

≤1.0% loss on drying

color

white

mp

174.1-174.7 °C

solubility

H2O: 1 g/10 mL, clear, colorless

anion traces

sulfate (SO42-): ≤100 mg/kg

cation traces

Ca: ≤10 mg/kg, Cd: ≤5 mg/kg, Co: ≤5 mg/kg, Cr: ≤5 mg/kg, Cu: ≤5 mg/kg, Fe: ≤5 mg/kg, K: ≤50 mg/kg, Mg: ≤5 mg/kg, Mn: ≤5 mg/kg, NH4+: ≤500 mg/kg, Na: ≤50 mg/kg, Ni: ≤5 mg/kg, Pb: ≤5 mg/kg, Zn: ≤5 mg/kg

application(s)

peptide synthesis

SMILES string

Cl[H].N[C@@H](CS)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C3H7NO2S.ClH/c4-2(1-7)3(5)6;/h2,7H,1,4H2,(H,5,6);1H/t2-;/m0./s1

InChI key

IFQSXNOEEPCSLW-DKWTVANSSA-N

Application


  • Drug delivery systems: A study utilized L-Cysteine HCl in the formulation of mixed micelles for the enhanced delivery of carvedilol, a cardiovascular drug, illustrating its utility in improving solubility and bioavailability of pharmaceutical compounds (Öztürk et al., 2022).

Biochem/physiol Actions

NMDA glutamatergic receptor agonist that is also an agonist at AMPA glutamatergic receptors at high concentrations.
NMDA glutamatergic receptor agonist; AMPA glutamatergic receptor agonist at high concentrations.


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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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