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Topic: Reaction of Beta-mercaptoethanol with NaOH  (Read 5580 times)

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Offline UrbanBlues

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Reaction of Beta-mercaptoethanol with NaOH
« on: October 23, 2007, 06:29:20 PM »
Hello

I work in a company that use small amounts of beta-mercaptoethanol and treat the waste by NaOH (pH around 11-12) to neutralize the beta-mercaptoethanol.

I'm interested to know what is the chemical reaction(s), mechanism and the products of this (these) reaction(s)

Thanks for any information
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Offline Yarr

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Re: Reaction of Beta-mercaptoethanol with NaOH
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2007, 05:19:58 PM »
It is very likely an acid base reaction, with the SH group being more easily deprotonated.
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