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Phenylisothiocyanate

phenylisothiocyanate

C6H5-N==C==S, a reagent that condenses with the free N-terminal amino group of a peptide chain to form a phenylthiohydantoin in the edman method of identifying N-terminal amino acids.

Synonym: edman's reagent.

Acronym: PITC


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