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Mercaptosuccinic acid

ReagentPlus®, ≥99.0% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

Thiomalic acid

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Linear Formula:
HOOCCH(SH)CH2COOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
150.15
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
200-736-4
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1099858
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99.0% (HPLC)
Form:
powder
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Quality Level

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

≥99.0% (HPLC)

form

powder

mp

145-154 °C, 155-157 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid, thiol

SMILES string

OC(=O)CC(S)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C4H6O4S/c5-3(6)1-2(9)4(7)8/h2,9H,1H2,(H,5,6)(H,7,8)

InChI key

NJRXVEJTAYWCQJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Mercaptosuccinic acid is a hydrophilic thiol that can form thiomalate self-assembled monolayers when adsorbed on Au(III) surface.

Application

Mercaptosuccinic acid has been used as a dopant for the synthesis of carbon nanodots from citric acid. It can be used as a capping and reducing agent to synthesize monolayer-capped gold nanoparticles.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany


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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves



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A switchable peroxidase mimic derived from the reversible co-assembly of cytochrome c and carbon dots.
Essner J, et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 4(12), 2163-2170 (2016)
Surface Chemistry of Thiomalic Acid Adsorption on Planar Gold and Gold Nanoparticles.
Azca?rate J, et al.
Langmuir, 30(7), 1820-1826 (2014)
Shiho Ishihara et al.
Acta biomaterialia, 6(3), 830-835 (2009-10-20)
Loading and releasing protein in a controllable way is extremely important for the protein vehicles used in bone tissue engineering. To obtain a suitable carrier material for basic proteins, such as BMP or bFGF, hydroxyapatite particles containing mercaptosuccinic acid (mercaptosuccinic



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SKUGTIN
88460-100G04061833064979
88460-500G04061833064986