Clear to pale green liquid. Has a pungent disgusting thiol odor.
The boiling point is 146°C, or 46~47°C (800Pa).
Insoluble in water, miscible in oil.
Natural products are found in boiled beef.
Food spice.
For organic synthesis and biochemical research.
Used as metal Chemicalbook complexing agent.
For organic synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates. Synthesis of 1,3-diketones, cyclic disulfides, thioacetates, etc.
Production method: First, diisothiourea ethane bromide is synthesized from dibromoethane and thiourea, and then 1,2-dimercaptoethane is obtained by treating with sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid.
Japan
