Mercaptoethanol

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A compound of ethanol with a thiol group, often specifically 2-mercaptoethanol, which is used in various organic chemistry applications including protein denaturation

Etymology

From mercapto- + ethanol.

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organic chemistry

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