2-Mercaptoethanol, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti β-mercaptoethanol, 2-hydroxyethanethiol, ndi 2-ME, ndi organic compound yokhala ndi molecular formula C2H6OS.Zimawoneka ngati zamadzimadzi zopanda mtundu, zowonekera komanso zimakhala ndi fungo lamphamvu.Imasungunuka mosavuta m'madzi ndipo imasakanikirana ndi ethanol, etha ndi benzene mwanjira iliyonse.2-Mercaptoethanol ndi mtundu wofunika kwambiri wa zinthu zabwino zopangira mankhwala, zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito kwambiri mu mankhwala ophera tizilombo, mankhwala, utoto, mankhwala, labala, mapulasitiki, nsalu ndi zina.
2-Mercaptoethanol ili ndi ntchito zosiyanasiyana.Itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati organic synthesis wapakatikati pakupanga mankhwala ophera tizilombo monga mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndi herbicides;itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chothandizira komanso chojambula zithunzi mu rabala, nsalu, pulasitiki, ndi zochitika zopangira zokutira;itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati ma telomer Agents, zowongolera kutentha, ndi zolumikizira zolumikizirana zimagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga zida za polima monga polyvinyl chloride, polyacrylonitrile, polystyrene, ndi polyacrylate;angagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati antioxidants mu zoyesera zamoyo;Itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zopangira ndi aldehydes kapena Ketone reaction imagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga zinthu za oxygen-sulfure heterocyclic.