2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide

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Name = 2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide
ImageFile = 2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide.svg
IUPACName = 2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide
OtherNames = 2,2'-Dipyridyldisulphide
Aldrithiol™-2
Section1 = Chembox Identifiers
CASNo = 2127-03-9
SMILES = N1=CC=CC=C1SSC2=NC=CC=C2
Section2 = Chembox Properties
Formula = C₁₀H₈N₂S₂
MolarMass = 220.31 g/mol
MeltingPt = 56-58 °C
Section7 = Chembox Hazards
MainHazards = Irritant
RPhrases = 36/37/38
SPhrases = 36/37/38

2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide is used for preparing thiols [cite journal | author = Futaki S. and Kitagawa K. | title = Peptide-Unit Assembling Using Disulfide Cross-Linking - a New Approach for Construction of Protein Models | year = 1994 | journal = Tetrahedron Lett. | volume = 35 | issue = 8 | pages = 1267-1270 | doi=10.1016/0040-4039(94)88040-9] [cite journal | journal = Aldrichimica Acta | title = Special Reagents for Thiol Groups | volume = 4 | issue = 3 | pages = 33-46] and activating or protecting carboxylic acid with triphenylphosphine in the following reaction. [cite journal | journal = Org. Synth. | author = Thalmann A., Oertle K. and Gerlach H | title = Synthesis of ricinelaidic acid lactone| volume = 7 | pages = 470]

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