Hexaamminecobalt(III) chloride (evaluation A)

Hexaamminecobalt(III) chloride is used in some methods of structural Biology (especially for DNA and RNA).^1,2 It is also used as reagent for pyrophosphoric acid, for the estimation of phosphate.³

References:

(1) Kumar, C.V.; Tan, W.B.; Betts, P.W. Hexamminecobalt(III) chloride-assisted, visible light-induced, sequence-dependent cleavage of DNA. J. Inorg. Biochem. 1997, 68, 177-181.

(2) Rüdisser, S.; Tinoco Jr, I. Solution structure of cobalt(III) hexammine complexed to the GAAA tetraloop, and metal-ion binding to G.A mismatches. J. Mol. Biol. 2000, 295, 1211-1223.

(3) The Merck Index, http://themerckindex.cambridgesoft.com/themerckindex/Forms/Home/ContentArea/Home.aspx (accessed April 2013).