Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.

Application

It was used for derivatizing D-arabinitol and L-arabinitol samples for high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) analysis for studying resolution of the diastereoisomer.

Ready-to-use reagent for the determination of the enantiomeric purity of alcohols and amines after derivatization; doi:10.1038/nprot.2007.354

General description

(R)-(-)-a-Methoxy-a-(trifluoromethyl)phenylacetyl chloride (Mosher’;s acid chloride) is generally used as a chiral derivatizing agent. It is easily available in enantiomerically pure form. It can form diastereomers with both alcohols and amines.

Legal Information

LiChropur is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

ChiraSelect is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Other Notes

Please note that R(-)-MTPA-Cl is derived from S(-)-MTPA

Packaging

100, 500 mg in glass bottle

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

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