Sodium metaperiodate by Research Lab Fine Chem Industries is a high grade reagent. Also known as Sodium periodate, this is the sodium salt of periodic acid. The reagent is available as a white powder which is soluble in water. It has a melting point of 300 C. Sodium metaperiodate can be generated by the dehydration of sodium hydrogen periodate with nitric acid. While it is stable under general conditions, this reagent is incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.

• CAS No.: 7790-28-5
• Quantity Provided: 100 gm per bottle
• Molecular formula: INaO4
• Molecular weight: 213.89
• Assay: Minimum 99

Sodium metaperiodate has a variety of applications in chemical and biological sectors. This reagent finds applications in the organic synthesis of various derivative compounds. Sodium metaperiodate is used to cleave diols to produce two aldehydes. It is widely used to open saccharide rings between vicinal diols leaving two aldehyde groups. This ability has been used in the labelling of saccharides with fluorescent molecules or other tags such as biotin. This reagent is suitable for industrial synthesis of products and research applications.