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97622

2-Mercaptoethanol

derivatization grade (HPLC), LiChropur™, ≥99.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

β-Mercaptoethanol, 2-Hydroxyethylmercaptan, BME, Thioethylene glycol

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Linear Formula:
HSCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
60-24-2
Molecular Weight:
78.13
UNSPSC Code:
23151817
NACRES:
NA.05
PubChem Substance ID:
329770550
EC Number:
200-464-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
773648
MDL number:
MFCD00004890

Product Name

2-Mercaptoethanol, derivatization grade (HPLC), LiChropur™, ≥99.0% (GC)

InChI

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

InChI key

DGVVWUTYPXICAM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES string

OCCS

grade

derivatization grade (HPLC)

vapor density

2.69 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.0% (GC)

form

liquid

quality

LiChropur™

expl. lim.

18 %

concentration

14.3 M (pure liquid)

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.500 (lit.)
n20/D 1.500-1.502

bp

157 °C (lit.)

density

1.114 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

100

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Application

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.
suitable for derivatisation of Amine groups

General description

2-Mercaptoethanol is a thiol compound showing growth promoting properties on mouse lymphoma L1210 cells in vitro. It also enhances viability, blast transformation and antibody formation in lymphocyte cultures.

Other Notes

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Legal Information

LiChropur is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

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

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

165.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

74 °C - closed cup

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BCCM7502
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