N-(2-Aminoethyl)maleimide (trifluoroacetate salt)

N-(2-Aminoethyl)maleimide is a thiol-reactive cross-linking agent.{52503,52504} It has been used in the synthesis of maleimide-functionalized heparin hydrogels in the development of growth factor delivery systems and radiotracers for thiol-mediated protein labelling.