| SMILES = SCCO }} | Section2 = | Section7 = | Section8 = }} 2-Mercaptoethanol (also β-mercaptoethanol, BME, 2BME or β-met)'s the chemical compound with the formula HOCH2CH2SH. It's a hybrid of ethylene glycol, HOCH2CH2OH, and 1,2-ethanedithiol, HSCH2CH2SH. ME or βME, as it's commonly abbreviated,'s used to reduce disulfide bonds and can act as a biological antioxidant by scavenging hydroxyl radicals (amongst others) . It's widely used because the hydroxyl group confers solubilit… (More on 2-mercaptoethanol)