Thioglycolic acid is a colorless transparent liquid, and industrial products are colorless to slightly yellow, with a strong pungent odor.  miscible with water, ethanol and ether, with toxicity, easy to  absorbed by the skin and respiratory tract, causing skin damage, allergies and other symptoms, and even affecting body metabolism, long-term contact will cause a variety of tissue and organ damage, and has strong mutagenic and reproductive toxicity. Therefore, it needs to be strictly controlled.

                                                ANALYSIS  RESULT
ITEM STANDARD TEST RESULT
Appearance Colorless or light yellow
Purity% ≥ 99.0 99.11
Other Acids % ≤ 0.2 0.2
Iron ppm 0.2ppm 0.2ppm

USAGE

It is an intermediate for the production of thiomethyl proline (caputolide), biotin, thiozincic acid, sodium dithiosuccinate and other pharmaceuticals, and  an important raw material for the synthesis of cysteine, hormonal agents, industrial disinfectants and synthetic sulfuric acid.
In addition to the usage for an intermediate of Cefivitril, thioglycolic acid, also widely used as a hair curler, hair removal agent, PVC low toxicity or non-toxic stabilizer, metal surface treatment agent and polymerization initiator, accelerator and chain transfer agent.