Dithiothreitol

C4H10O2S2CAS 16096-97-2154.24 g/mol

OHHSOHSH
AlcoholThiol

Properties

Molecular formula
C4H10O2S2
Molar mass
154.24 g/mol
Exact mass
154.0122 Da
Melting point
42–43 °C
Water solubility
freely soluble
logP
-0.43Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
40.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
4 / 4
Rotatable bonds
3
Stereocentres
R, Rin SMILES atom order

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 403 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P273, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P317, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
16096-97-2
SMILES
O[C@@H](CS)[C@@H](O)CS
InChIKey
VHJLVAABSRFDPM-IMJSIDKUSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H10O2S2/c5-3(1-7)4(6)2-8/h3-8H,1-2H2/t3-,4-/m0/s1

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Names and synonyms

5 names
  • L-Dithiothreitol
  • 2,3-Butanediol, 1,4-dimercapto-, (2R,3R)-
  • Threitol, 1,4-dithio-, L-
  • 2,3-Butanediol, 1,4-dimercapto-, [R-(R*,R*)]-
  • (2R,3R)-1,4-Dimercapto-2,3-butanediol

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Same formula

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