Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(3)

Key Documents

View All Documentation

M2393

Sigma-Aldrich

Magnesium chloride hexahydrate

BioReagent, suitable for cell culture, suitable for insect cell culture

Synonym(s):

MgCl2 hexahydrate, MgCl2.6H2O

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing
All Photos(3)

About This Item

Linear Formula:
MgCl2 · 6H2O
CAS Number:
7791-18-6
Molecular Weight:
203.30
EC Number:
232-094-6
MDL number:
MFCD00149781
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
24896729
NACRES:
NA.71

product line

BioReagent

Quality Level

200

technique(s)

cell culture | insect: suitable
cell culture | mammalian: suitable

solubility

H2O: soluble 500 mg/mL, clear, colorless

SMILES string

O.O.O.O.O.O.Cl[Mg]Cl

InChI

1S/2ClH.Mg.6H2O/h2*1H;;6*1H2/q;;+2;;;;;;/p-2

InChI key

DHRRIBDTHFBPNG-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Application

Magnesium chloride hexahydrate (MgCl2·6H2O) has been used:
  • to prepare electrochemical substrate solution for surface treatment and immunoassay preparation of monoclonal anti-creatine kinase (CK-MB) antibody
  • as a component of casamino acids medium (Hv-Ca) to culture Haloferax volcanii strains
  • to prepare hydrated-salt poly(vinylidenefluoride)-hexafluoropropylene P(VDF-HFP)/MgCl2·6H2O nanocomposite film to study its phase transformation, surface morphology and dielectric property

Biochem/physiol Actions

Magnesium chloride is commonly used as a reagent in chemistry and molecular biology as a source of magnesium ions. Magnesium exhibits several biological roles in enzymology, cell membrane and wall structural integrity, muscle cell physiology, and nucleic acid structure. It functions as a co-factor in various enzymes, like deoxyribonuclease (DNAse), the restriction enzymes EcoRI and EcoRV, and Ribonuclease H. Magnesium stabilizes polymeric nucleic acids including ribozymes and transfer RNA.

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Roshali T de Silva et al.
Microbiology (Reading, England), 167(2) (2021-01-19)
Some microbes display pleomorphism, showing variable cell shapes in a single culture, whereas others differentiate to adapt to changed environmental conditions. The pleomorphic archaeon Haloferax volcanii commonly forms discoid-shaped ('plate') cells in culture, but may also be present as rods
Christopher D L Johnson et al.
ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11(1), 356-372 (2018-12-06)
Magnetic electrospun fibers are of interest for minimally invasive biomaterial applications that also strive to provide cell guidance. Magnetic electrospun fibers can be injected and then magnetically positioned in situ, and the aligned fiber scaffolds provide consistent topographical guidance to
Vladimir Riazanski et al.
iScience, 23(11), 101759-101759 (2020-12-01)
The relative contribution of the two phagosomal catabolic processes, oxidative and metabolic, was assessed in the killing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in phagosomes of alveolar macrophages (AMs) from wild-type (p47-phox +/+ ) or NOX-defective (p47-phox -/- ) mice. Free radical release
Liang Yang et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 471(1-2), 258-263 (2014-05-20)
Telmisartan (TEL) belongs to BCS class II (low solubility/high permeability) and exhibits the pH-dependent drug release. Since 3-aminopropyl functionalized magnesium phyllosilicate (aminoclay) can intercalate or adsorb the negatively charged molecules via the electrostatic interaction, TEL-aminoclay complex was synthesized to improve
Xingchu Gong et al.
European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 93, 260-266 (2015-04-25)
Brittleness is one of the important material properties that influences the success or failure of powder compaction. We have discovered that the reciprocal of diametrical elastic strain at fracture is the most suitable tablet brittleness indices (TBIs) for quantifying brittleness
View All Related Papers

Protocols

RNAi In Situ

In Situ Hybridization of Whole-Mount Mouse Embryos with RNA Probes: Hybridization, Washes, and Histochemistry. This is a protocol describing how to perform in situ hybridization on whole mouse embryos. Here we describe the hybridization procedure, and the localization of the DIG-labeled RNA using a conjugate of anti-DIG Fab antibody and calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase. Enzyme activity of the reporter is detected by a color reaction, resulting in the formation of a water-insoluble purple/blue precipitate. Manipulating the Mouse Embryo - Third Edition

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service