3-Mercaptopropane-1,2-diol

Chemical compound

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]

See also

• Glycerol
• Mercaptoethanol

References

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.