dithioerythritol (CHEBI:17456)

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ChEBI Name	dithioerythritol

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:17456

Definition	The meso-diastereomer of 1,4-dimercaptobutane-2,3-diol; a sulfur-containing sugar derived from the monosaccharide erythrose; and an epimer of dithiothreitol.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:42239, CHEBI:4662, CHEBI:14184, CHEBI:23851

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Formula

C4H10O2S2

Net Charge

Average Mass

154.25300

Monoisotopic Mass

154.01222

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H10O2S2/c5-3(1-7)4(6)2-8/h3-8H,1-2H2/t3-,4+

InChIKey

VHJLVAABSRFDPM-ZXZARUISSA-N

SMILES

O[C@@H](CS)[C@H](O)CS

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	reducing agent The element or compound in a reduction-oxidation (redox) reaction that donates an electron to another species.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	dithioerythritol (CHEBI:17456) has role reducing agent (CHEBI:63247) dithioerythritol (CHEBI:17456) is a 1,4-dimercaptobutane-2,3-diol (CHEBI:25189)

IUPAC Name

(2R,3S)-1,4-disulfanylbutane-2,3-diol

Synonyms	Sources
(2R,3S)-1,4-dimercapto-2,3-butanediol	ChemIDplus
(2R,3S)-1,4-dimercaptobutane-2,3-diol	PDBeChem
1,4-dithioerythritol	ChemIDplus
Dithioerythritol	KEGG COMPOUND
dithioerythritol	UniProt
DTE	KEGG COMPOUND
erythro-1,4-Dimercapto-2,3-butanediol	KEGG COMPOUND

Last Modified

13 March 2018