Title: Sodium Thioglycolate
CAS Registry Number: 367-51-1
CAS Name: Mercaptoacetic acid sodium salt
Additional Names: sodium mercaptoacetate
Molecular Formula: C2H3NaO2S
Molecular Weight: 114.10
Percent Composition: C 21.05%, H 2.65%, Na 20.15%, O 28.04%, S 28.10%
Line Formula: HSCH2COONa
Properties: Hygroscopic crystals. Slight characteristic odor. Discolors on exposure to air or iron. Freely sol in water; slightly sol in alc. LD50 i.p. in rats: 148 mg/kg, Freeman, Rosenthal, Fed. Proc. 11, 347 (1952).
Toxicity data: LD50 i.p. in rats: 148 mg/kg, Freeman, Rosenthal, Fed. Proc. 11, 347 (1952)
Use: In cold-waving of hair; as depilatory; in bacteriology for the prepn of thioglycolate media; as analytical reagent, see Thioglycolic Acid. |