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Offline kino

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How to synthesize Thiolated-Poly (ethylene Glycol)?
« on: August 11, 2011, 10:40:46 PM »
I need it in my research.

If I'm using Dithiothreitol (DTT) and PEG, how should I do?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: How to synthesize Thiolated-Poly (ethylene Glycol)?
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 10:19:51 PM »
You can't do it with DTT. You need something else, assuming the end groups of your PEG are OH groups. Off the top of my head, if I had to do what you describe, I would react the PEG with something like tosyl chloride or PBr3 to make the OH into a leaving group, and then react the product with thiourea or sodium hydrosulfide.

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