chitin
Names
[ CAS No. ]:
1398-61-4
[ Name ]:
chitin
[Synonym ]:
EINECS 215-744-3
CHITOSAN 10
C 7170
Clandosan
Poly-(1→4)-β-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine
Chitin
Hexopyranose, 2-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-, (1R)-
MFCD00466914
(1R)-2-Acetamido-2-deoxyhexopyranose
CHITOSAN 100
Biological Activity
[Description]:
[Related Catalog]:
[Target]
Human Endogenous Metabolite
Chemical & Physical Properties
[ Density]:
1.37 g/cm3
[ Boiling Point ]:
522.4ºC at 760 mmHg
[ Melting Point ]:
>300°C (dec.)
[ Molecular Formula ]:
(C8H13NO5)n
[ Flash Point ]:
269.8ºC
[ PSA ]:
119.25000
[ Vapour Pressure ]:
0mmHg at 25°C
[ Index of Refraction ]:
1.6
[ Stability ]:
Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
MSDS
Toxicological Information
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
- RTECS NUMBER :
- FM6125000
- CHEMICAL NAME :
- Chitin
- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
- 1398-61-4
- LAST UPDATED :
- 199701
- DATA ITEMS CITED :
- 2
- MOLECULAR FORMULA :
- C30-H50-N4-O19
- MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
- 770.84
- WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
- /T6OTJ B& CMV1 DQ EO& F1Q/
HEALTH HAZARD DATA
ACUTE TOXICITY DATA
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intravenous
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 50 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
- REFERENCE :
- BSIBAC Bolletino della Societe Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale. (Casa Editrice Idelson, Via A. de Gasperi, 55, 80133 Naples, Italy) V.2- 1927- Volume(issue)/page/year: 44,1685,1968
Safety Information
[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
Eyeshields;Gloves;type N95 (US);type P1 (EN143) respirator filter
[ Hazard Codes ]:
Xi: Irritant;
[ Risk Phrases ]:
R22:Harmful if swallowed.
[ Safety Phrases ]:
24/25-36-26
[ RIDADR ]:
NONH for all modes of transport
[ WGK Germany ]:
3
[ RTECS ]:
FM6300000
Precursor & DownStream
Precursor
DownStream
Articles
Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 49(33) , 3407-9, (2013)
Continuous self-assembled growth of both the organic and inorganic components of materials with nacre-like structure is achieved upon mineralisation of chitin and chitosan scaffolds using a combined s...
Listeria monocytogenes has a functional chitinolytic system and an active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase.FEBS J. 282(5) , 921-36, (2015)
Chitinases and chitin-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are most commonly associated with chitin metabolism, but are also reported as virulence factors in pathogenic bacteria. Listeri...
Slow Off-rates and Strong Product Binding Are Required for Processivity and Efficient Degradation of Recalcitrant Chitin by Family 18 Chitinases.J. Biol. Chem. 290 , 29074-85, (2015)
Processive glycoside hydrolases are the key components of enzymatic machineries that decompose recalcitrant polysaccharides, such as chitin and cellulose. The intrinsic processivity (P(Intr)) of cellu...