Guanidine thiocyanate

CAS: 593-84-0

Ref. 3D-FG09390

Product Information

• Name: Guanidine thiocyanate
• Brand: Biosynth
• Description: Guanidine thiocyanate is used as a chaotropic reagent in cell lysis buffers as it disrupts cell and organelle membranes. Guanidine thiocyanate is especially suitable for purification of nucleic acids from crude cell lysates as it is a protein denaturant, allowing for separation of nucleic acids from the protein fraction. Guanidine thiocyanate also inactivates DNAses and RNAses, giving favourable yields of nucleic acids.

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 118.16 g/mol
• Formula: CH₅N₃·HSCN
• Purity: Min. 98.0%
• Color/Form: White Powder