DITHIOERYTHRITOL (For Molecular Biology) is a product provided by Research-Lab Fine Chem Industries. Laboratory reagents are chemicals which are used in laboratories as a part of experimental procedures. These reagents can be important parts of chemical reactions, analytical reagents or starting material for the production of other materials.

This DITHIOERYTHRITOL is meant for Molecular Biology and is of laboratory grade. It is 98% and s is a sulfur containing sugar. The reagent is available as a powder which is soluble in water. Dithioerythritol is obtained from the monosaccharide, erythrose. While it is stable under general conditions, this reagent is incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. Dithioerythritol has a variety of applications in chemical and biological sectors:

This compound finds several applications in the synthesis of various organic derivatives.

Dithioerythritol is an excellent reducing agent. It is generally applied to maintain -SH groups in the reduced state, and it quantitatively reduces disulphides.

This reagent is suitable for the industrial synthesis of products and research applications.

CAS number: 6892-68-8

Molecular formula: C4H10O2S2

Molecular weight: 154.25 g/mol

Appearance: White crystalline powder

Assay: Min. 98%

Melting point: 82-84

Synonyms:

1,4-dithioerythritol

Product name: DITHIOERYTHRITOL (For Molecular Biology)

Catalogue number: 2251C 00005

Unit: 1 bottle

Quantity: 5 gm per unit