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Nomenclature
CAS number: 26239-55-4
N-(2-Amino-2-oxoethyl)-N-(carboxymethyl)glycine; N-(2-acetamido)iminodiacetic acid. C6H10N2O5; mol wt 190.15.
C 37.90%, H 5.30%, N 14.73%, O 42.07%.
Description and references
One of several zwitterionic N-substituted amino acids known as “Good” buffers. Active in the pH range 6-8. Prepn: G. Schwarzenbach et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 38, 1147 (1955); and description: N. E. Good et al., Biochemistry 5, 467 (1966). Thermodynamic behavior: C. D. McGlothlin, J. Jordan, Anal. Lett. 9, 245 (1976); F. Jumean, J. Indian Chem. Soc. 69, 237 (1992). Use as buffer: Z. Pietrzkowski, W. Korohoda, Folia Histochem. Cytobiol. 26, 143 (1988); as analytical reagent for chromium: C. Baluja-Santos et al., Rev. Roum. Chim. 39, 73 (1994); as chelator: M. C. Steele, J. Pichtel, J. Environ. Eng. 124, 639 (1998).
