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(11-Mercaptoundecyl)tetra(ethylene glycol)

90%

Synonym(s):

MUTEG, (1-Mercaptoundec-11-yl)tetra(ethylene glycol)

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Linear Formula:
HS(CH2)11(OCH2CH2)4OH
Molecular Weight:
380.58
MDL number:
MFCD08702679
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
24885216
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

90%

refractive index

n20/D 1.475

density

0.997 g/mL at 25 °C

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCCCCCCCCCCS

InChI

1S/C19H40O5S/c20-10-12-22-14-16-24-18-17-23-15-13-21-11-8-6-4-2-1-3-5-7-9-19-25/h20,25H,1-19H2

InChI key

IOBMVUDHPRVCSO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

(11-Mercaptoundecyl)tetra(ethylene glycol) (MUTEG) is a capping agent that is used in the surface modification of a variety of nanoparticles. It can be also be used as an effective protein repellent.

Application

MUTEG can be used to functionalize gold nanoparticles, which can potentially be used to signal peptides, as fluorescent probes and as electrocatalytic membranes. It can also facilitate the sensing of protein on polymeric substrates for biosensor based applications.

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Synergistic electrocatalytic effect of nanostructured mixed films formed by functionalised gold nanoparticles and bisphthalocyanines
Medina-Plaza C, et al.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 851(3), 95-102 (2014)

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