Re: Reliable supplier of Cyanogen Bromide

Dan Crimmins (crimmins@pathbox.wustl.edu)
Mon, 10 May 1999 08:56:23 -0500

At 12:27 PM 5/10/99 +0100, Steven Howell wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a vendor for cyanogen bromide? The last few batches
>we have had from sigma have been deep yellow/orange in colour.
>
>Thanks
>
>Steve
>
>
>__________________________________________________________
>Dr Steven A. Howell
>Laboratory of Protein Structure
>National Institute for Medical Research
>Ridgeway
>LONDON NW7 1AA
>
>Tel 44 181 959 3666 ext 2156
>Fax 44 181 913 8569
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>
>

Steve,
We've been using 5M CNBr in acetonitrile (Aldrich) for quite some time now
with excellent results. Importantly, NO MORE weighing of CNBr!!!

Regards,

Dan L. Crimmins
Washington University School of Medicine
Dept. Pathology/Division of Laboratory Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave., Box 8118
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: 314-454-8514; Fax: 314-454-5208
e-mail: crimmins@labmed.wustl.edu