3-Mercaptopropane-1,2-diol

3-Mercaptopropane-1,2-diol
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3-Sulfanylpropane-1,2-diol[1]
Other names
Thioglycerol
Monothioglycerol
Thioglycerin
Thiovanol
1-Thioglycerol
Monothioglycerin
Glycerol-1-thiol
alpha-Thiolglycerol
3-Mercapto-1,2-propanediole
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
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KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C3H8O2S/c4-1-3(5)2-6/h3-6H,1-2H2 checkY
    Key: PJUIMOJAAPLTRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C3H8O2S/c4-1-3(5)2-6/h3-6H,1-2H2
    Key: PJUIMOJAAPLTRJ-UHFFFAOYAH
  • OCC(O)CS
Properties
C3H8O2S
Molar mass 108.16 g·mol−1
Density 1.25 g/mL
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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3-Mercaptopropane-1,2-diol, also known as thioglycerol, is a chemical compound and thiol that is used as a matrix in fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry.[2]

  1. ^ Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 697. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4. The prefixes 'mercapto' (–SH), and 'hydroseleno' or selenyl (–SeH), etc. are no longer recommended.
  2. ^ Caldwell, G. W.; Reitz, A. B.; Masucci, J. A. (1990). "Application of dicyandiamide as a matrix additive in fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry". Organic Mass Spectrometry. 25 (6): 317–322. doi:10.1002/oms.1210250606.