MP Biomedicals 190321

store dry at RT; store aliquots of solution at -20C

Molecular Formula: C₁₁H₁₂Cl₂N₂O₅
Molecular Weight: 323.13
CAS #: 56-75-7

• Inhibitor of translation on the 50S subunit at the peptidyltransferase step.
• Bacteriostatic (gram-negative bacteria).
• The mode of resistance is acetylation by chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat gene).

Soluble in	Slightly soluble in	Insoluble in
Methanol (50 mg/mL)	water	benzene
butanol	ether	petroleum ether
ethyl acetate		vegetable oil
acetone
ethanol
propylene glycol

Lasts up to 4 weeks in poured agar at 4C