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D8161

1,4-Dithioerythritol

BioReagent, Molecular Biology, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

erythro-1,4-Dimercapto-2,3-butanediol, erythro-2,3-Dihydroxy-1,4-butanedithiol, Cleland’s reagent, DTE

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Linear Formula:
HSCH2CH(OH)CH(OH)CH2SH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
154.25
UNSPSC Code:
12161504
NACRES:
NA.31
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
229-998-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1719756
MDL number:
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grade

Molecular Biology

Quality Level

product line

BioReagent

assay

≥99.0%

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

pH

4.5-6.5 (25 °C, 15.4 g/L)

mp

82-84 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: 50 mg/mL

foreign activity

DNase, Exonuclease detection, RNase, and protease, none detected

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

O[C@@H](CS)[C@H](O)CS

InChI

1S/C4H10O2S2/c5-3(1-7)4(6)2-8/h3-8H,1-2H2/t3-,4+

InChI key

VHJLVAABSRFDPM-ZXZARUISSA-N

Application

Reagent for maintaining −SH groups in the reduced state; quantitatively reduces disulfides.
reducing reagent


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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves



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I Fialka et al.
Electrophoresis, 18(14), 2582-2590 (1998-04-04)
Protein targeting and sorting is accomplished by complex vesicular transport processes that are tightly regulated within a cell. This is especially important for epithelial cells because correct delivery of newly synthesized proteins as well as recycling and sorting of internalized
C Pasquali et al.
Electrophoresis, 18(14), 2573-2581 (1998-04-04)
Electrophoretic techniques, and especially two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE), have provided an indispensable set of tools for the separation of complex protein mixtures as well as for the identification of protein-protein interactions. Nevertheless, after its introduction more than twenty years ago
Tanju Ceyhan et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 39(41), 9801-9814 (2010-09-18)
The phthalodinitrile derivative 3 was prepared by the reaction of 1,4-dithioerythritol 1 and 4-nitrophthalonitrile 2 in dry DMF as the solvent in the presence of K(2)CO(3) as the base by the method of nucleophilic substitution of an activated nitro group



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