(+)-Tubocurarine chloride pentahydrate
SIGMA/93750 - ≥97.0% (TLC)
Synonym: (+)-Tubocurarine chloride hydrochloride pentahydrate; D-Tubocurarine dichloride pentahydrate; Tubarine pentahydrate
CAS Number: 6989-98-6
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C37H42Cl2N2O6 · 5H2O
Molecular Weight: 771.72
MDL Number: MFCD00150157
Linear Formula: C37H42Cl2N2O6 · 5H2O
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥97.0% (TLC) |
| biological source | plant |
| form | powder |
| impurities | ~12% water |
| InChI | 1S/C37H40N2O6.2ClH.5H2O/c |
| InChI key | WMIZITXEJNQAQK-GGDSLZADSA |
| mp | 275-280 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| optical activity | [α]20/D +195±5°, c = 0.5% in H2O |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | [Cl-].Cl[H].[H]O[H].[H]O[ |
| storage temp. | 2-8°C |
| Application: | (+)-Tubocurarine chloride pentahydrate has been used: • as an acetylcholine receptor antagonist in synapse blocking experiment to study its effect on neuromuscular junction formation (NMJ) formation in a co-culture system of human skeletal muscles and human stem cell-derived motoneurons • to induce paralysis in zebrafish larvae to study whole-brain imaging of seizures by two-photon light-sheet microscopy • to block NMJ to study its role in myotube contraction |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | (+)-Tubocurarine chloride pentahydrate serves as a neuromuscular blocker. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Classical competitive antagonist of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Structure-activity relationships and conformational studies for tubocurarine binding at the nicotinic AChR. |
| Packaging: | 1 g in poly tube |
| Packaging: | 250 mg in poly bottle |
| Symbol | GHS06 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H301 |
| Precautionary statements | P301 + P310 |
| Hazard Codes | T |
| Risk Statements | 25 |
| Safety Statements | 22-36/37/39-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 1544PSN2 6.1 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | ≥97.0% (TLC) |
| mp | 275-280 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| Storage Temp. | 2-8°C |
| UNSPSC | 12352202 |


