O8001

Octyl β-D-glucopyranoside

≥98% (GC)

• Synonym(s): n-Octyl glucoside, OGP
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₁₄H₂₈O₆
• CAS Number: 29836-26-8
• Molecular Weight: 292.37
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 84118
• EC Number: 249-887-8
• MDL number: MFCD00063288
• UNSPSC Code: 12161900
• PubChem Substance ID: 24898051
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• description: non-ionic
• Quality Level: 300
• assay: ≥98% (GC)
• form: powder
• mol wt: micellar avg mol wt 25,000
• aggregation number: 84
• CMC: 20-25 mM (20-25°C)
• transition temp: cloud point >100 °C
• storage temp.: −20°C
• SMILES string: CCCCCCCCO[C@@H]1O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]1O

Description

Application

Non-ionic, dialyzable detergent for the solubilization and isolation of membrane proteins. Has been shown to increase the resolution of proteins in 2D gels.

Octyl β --D-glucopyranoside has been used:

• In varying concentrations to wash Sepharose beads to study the interaction of Albumin-shFcRn in the presence of Octyl β-D-glucopyranoside
• As a lysis and solubilization solution for bacterial lipoprotein preparation
• To solubilize the recombinant 47 kDa antigen from E. coli cell
• As a component of lysis buffer for determination of protein content by BCA assay
• In deglycolysation process
• As a component of lysis buffer to prepare mitochondrial extracts

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)