Sodium thioglycolate - ≥97% , CAS No.367-51-1

CAS: 367-51-1 Cat. No.: S105664 Molecular Weight: 114.1 EC Number: 206-696-4 PubChem CID: 23690444

GRADE & PURITY ≥97%

Synonyms

Sodium mercaptoacetate | Mercaptoacetic acid sodium salt | Thioglycolic Acid Sodium Salt

Storage

Store at -20°C,Argon charged

Shipped In

Ice chest + Ice pads

Overview

Sodium thioglycolate has been used:
as a growth supplement in enrichment media and to study its effect on Arcobacter
in influenza hemagglutinin formulation in order to reduce disulfide-mediated cross-linking and early potency loss
in electron microscopy

Specifications

Synonyms

Sodium mercaptoacetate | Mercaptoacetic acid sodium salt | Thioglycolic Acid Sodium Salt

Specifications & Purity

≥97%

Biochemical and Physiological Mechanisms

Sodium thioglycolate is a commonly used reagent for bacteriological research to maintain reducing conditions in media. Thioglycolate can also protect enzymes against inactivation by maintaining protein thiol groups in the reduced state. Thioglycolate medi

Storage

Store at -20°C, Argon charged

Shipped In

Ice chest + Ice pads

This product requires cold chain shipping. Ground and other economy services are not available.

Purity

≥97%

Names and Identifiers

• Canonical Smiles: C(C(=O)[O-])S.[Na+]
• IUPAC Name: sodium;2-sulfanylacetate
• InChIKey: GNBVPFITFYNRCN-UHFFFAOYSA-M
• INCHI: 1S/C2H4O2S.Na/c3-2(4)1-5;/h5H,1H2,(H,3,4);/q;+1/p-1
• Isomeric SMILES: C(C(=O)[O-])S.[Na+]
• PubChem CID: 23690444
• UN Number: 1940
• Packing Group: II
• Molecular Weight: 114.1

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomy Tree

• Kingdom Organic compounds
  • Superclass Organic acids and derivatives
    • Class Carboxylic acids and derivatives
      • Subclass Carboxylic acids

• Kingdom: Organic compounds
• Superclass: Organic acids and derivatives
• Class: Carboxylic acids and derivatives
• Subclass: Carboxylic acids
• Intermediate Tree Nodes: Not available
• Direct Parent: alpha-Mercaptocarboxylic acids
• Alternative Parents: Carboxylic acid salts Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives Alkylthiols Organic sodium salts Organic oxides Hydrocarbon derivatives Carbonyl compounds
• Molecular Framework: Aliphatic acyclic compounds
• Substituents: 2-mercaptocarboxylic acid - Carboxylic acid salt - Organic alkali metal salt - Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives - Alkylthiol - Organic oxygen compound - Organic oxide - Hydrocarbon derivative - Organic sodium salt - Organic salt - Organosulfur compound - Organooxygen compound - Carbonyl group - Aliphatic acyclic compound
• Description: This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as alpha-mercaptocarboxylic acids. These are carboxylic acids that bear a thiol group at the C-2 position. Alpha-mercaptocarboxylic acids have the general formula RC(S)C(=O)O, where R = H, organyl group.
• External Descriptors: organic sodium salt

Data sources

1. Djoumbou Feunang Y, Eisner R, Knox C, Chepelev L, Hastings J, Owen G, Fahy E, Steinbeck C, Subramanian S, Bolton E, Greiner R, and Wishart DS. ClassyFire: Automated Chemical Classification With A Comprehensive, Computable Taxonomy. Journal of Cheminformatics, 2016, 8:61.

DOI: 10.1186/s13321-016-0174-y

Chemical and Physical Properties

• Solubility: Soluble in water (200 mg/ml) with heat as needed, yielding a clear to slightly hazy, faint pink to faint purple solution, methanol, and ethanol.
• Sensitivity: Air, Moisture and Heat Sensitive
• Melt Point(°C): ＞300°C
• Molecular Weight: 114.100 g/mol
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 1
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 3
• Rotatable Bond Count: 1
• Exact Mass: 113.975 Da
• Monoisotopic Mass: 113.975 Da
• Topological Polar Surface Area: 41.100 Ų
• Heavy Atom Count: 6
• Formal Charge: 0
• Complexity: 46.800
• Isotope Atom Count: 0
• Defined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0
• Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0
• Defined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
• Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
• The total count of all stereochemical bonds: 0
• Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 2

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