Application

GC derivatizing agent used to prepare volatile derivatives of amino acids and other biologically active compounds.

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Suitable for the derivatization of aldosterone, digoxin, digitoxin and metabolites, estradiol, postaglandins F_1α and F_2α, 3-oxo-δ⁴-steroids, and testosterone.

HFB was used as derivatizing agent in analysing platelet-activating factor using GC-MS.

General description

Heptafluorobutyric anhydride (HFB) is a derivatizing reagent. It provides facile and sensitive way for detecting and elucidating structure of numerous alkyl-chain homologs.

Legal Information

LiChropur is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Other Notes

Reagent for heptafluorobutyrate, 3-enol heptafluorobutyrate, 17-heptafluorobutyrate, heptafluorobutyrate and heptafluorobutyryl.

Packaging

Derivatization reagent used in a GC-MS analysis of stereoisomer content of synthetic peptides.

10×1, 5, 25 mL in ampule