Appearance (Colour)
Yellow
Appearance (Form)
Crystalline powder
Solubility (Turbidity) 5% solution in Methanol
Clear
Solubility (Colour) 5% solution in methanol
Yellow
Assay
min. 99%
Melting Point
65 - 67°C
Application
Gibb′s reagent was used in paper chromatography, in an experiment conducted to semi-quantitatively estimate tyramine and octopamine. It generally finds application in being used as spot test and as a chromatographic spray reagent, mainly for phenols, antioxidants, few primary and secondary amines, on silica gel chromatographic plates.
