2-Mercaptoethanol, e taʻua foʻi o le β-mercaptoethanol, 2-hydroxyethanethiol, ma le 2-ME, o se faʻalapotopotoga faʻapitoa ma le fua mole mole C2H6OS.E foliga mai o se vai e leai se lanu, manino ma e malosi lona manogi manogi.E faigofie ona solu ile vai ma fa'afefiloi ile ethanol, eter ma benzene i so'o se vaega.2-Mercaptoethanol o se ituaiga taua o vailaʻau mataʻutia lelei, lea e mafai ona faʻaaogaina lautele i vailaau faʻasaina, vailaʻau, vali, vailaʻau, paʻu, palasitika, ie ma isi fanua.
2-Mercaptoethanol o loʻo i ai le tele o faʻaoga.E mafai ona fa'aaogaina e avea o se fa'asologa fa'ale-aganu'u i fa'ata'ita'iga o le gaosiga o vailaau fa'asaina e pei ole insecticides ma herbicides;e mafai ona faʻaaogaina e avea o se mea faʻapipiʻi ma mea faʻapitoa i le paʻu, ie, palasitika, ma faʻaaliga faʻapipiʻi;e mafai ona faʻaaogaina e avea o se telomer Agents, stabilizers vevela, ma soʻotaga fesoʻotaʻiga o loʻo faʻaaogaina i le tuʻufaʻatasia o mea polymer e pei o le polyvinyl chloride, polyacrylonitrile, polystyrene, ma le polyacrylate;e mafai ona faʻaaogaina e fai ma antioxidants i suʻesuʻega faʻaola;e mafai ona faʻaaogaina e pei o mea mataʻutia ma aldehydes poʻo le Ketone reaction e faʻaaogaina i le gaosiga o faʻataʻitaʻiga o le okesene-sulfur heterocyclic compounds