9058. TAPS

Nomenclature

CAS number: 29915-38-6
3-[[2-Hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]amino]-1-propanesulfonic acid; N-tris[(hydroxymethyl)methyl]-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid.
C7H17NO6S; mol wt 243.28.
C 34.56%, H 7.04%, N 5.76%, O 39.46%, S 13.18%.

Description and references

Zwitterionic N-substituted sulfonic acid in the style of the “Good” buffers; active in the pH range 6-8.5. Prepn: I. Zeid, I. Ismail, Ann. 1974, 667. Dissociation: A. M. El-Nady, H. A. Azab, Acta Chim. Hung. 130, 665 (1993). Use as eluent: R. H. P. Reid, J. Chromatogr. A 684, 221 (1994). Effect of buffer concentration on pH-activity relationship: C. G. Bevans, A. L. Harris, J. Biol. Chem. 274, 3711 (1999).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals, mp 194°. pKa: 8.55; pKa (37°): 8.1; pKa2 (25°): 8.28.

Derivative

TAPSO.

Nomenclature

CAS number: 68399-81-5
2-Hydroxy-3-[[2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]amino]-1-propanesulfonic acid.
C7H17NO7S; mol wt 259.28.
C 32.43%, H 6.61%, N 5.40%, O 43.19%, S 12.37%.

Description and references

Hydroxy analog of TAPS. Prepn: W. J. Ferguson et al., Anal. Biochem. 104, 300 (1980). Crystal structure: J. Wouters, D. Stalke, Acta Crystallogr. C52, 1684 (1996). Thermodynamics of dissociation: R. N. Roy et al., J. Chem. Eng. Data 42, 446 (1997).

Properties

Triclinic colorless crystals, mp 226-228° (dec). pKa (20°): 7.7. ΔpKa/°C: 0.018. Soly in water (0°): 1M.

Use

Biological buffer.