Structured Summary
Abstract
A water-soluble thiol derived from hydrogen sulfide and ethanol. It is used as a reducing agent for disulfide bonds and to protect sulfhydryl groups from oxidation.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C2H6OS
- Molecular Weight
- 78.14 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 60-24-2
- IUPAC Name
- 2-sulfanylethanol
- InChIKey
- DGVVWUTYPXICAM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- C(CS)O
- MeSH Unique ID
- D008623
- Source
- PubChem CID 1567
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- 2-ME
- 2-Mercaptoethanol
- 2 Mercaptoethanol
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Aspects Covered
25 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Mercaptoethanol. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008623. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008623
- Mercaptoethanol. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Mercaptoethanol
- Mercaptoethanol. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q411084
- Mercaptoethanol. In: PubChem Compound. CID 1567. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/1567