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2-Mercaptoethanol

≥99.0%

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Synonym(s):
β-Mercaptoethanol, 2-Hydroxyethylmercaptan, BME, Thioethylene glycol
Linear Formula:
HSCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
60-24-2
Molecular Weight:
78.13
Beilstein:
773648
EC Number:
200-464-6
MDL number:
MFCD00004890
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
57654402
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

2.69 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

≥99.0%

form

liquid

expl. lim.

18 %

concentration

14.3 M (pure liquid)

refractive index

n20/D 1.500 (lit.)

pH

4.5-6 (20 °C, 500 g/L)

bp

157 °C (lit.)

density

1.114 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

OCCS

InChI

1S/C2H6OS/c3-1-2-4/h3-4H,1-2H2

InChI key

DGVVWUTYPXICAM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

2-mercaptoethanol is a thiol compound, commonly used as a reducing agent in organic reactions.

Application

2-mercaptoethanol is widely used for retarding oxidation of biological compounds in solution.
BME is suitable for reducing protein disulfide bonds prior to polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and is usually included in a sample buffer for SDS-PAGE at a concentration of 5%. Cleaving intermolecular (between subunits) disulfide bonds allows the subunits of a protein to separate independently on SDS-PAGE. Cleaving intramolecular (within subunit) disulfide bonds allows the subunits to become completely denatured so that each peptide migrates according to its chain length with no influence due to secondary structure.

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Acute Tox. 2 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1A - STOT RE 2 Oral

Target Organs

Liver,Heart

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

165.2 °F

Flash Point(C)

74 °C

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

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