STRUCTURE REACTIVITY RELATIONS FOR THIOL DISULFIDE INTERCHANGE
STRUCTURE REACTIVITY RELATIONS FOR THIOL DISULFIDE INTERCHANGE
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00256a040
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发表时间:
1987-10-28
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
WHITESIDES, GM
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作者:
HOUK, J;WHITESIDES, GM
Equilibrium constants were determined for thiol-disulfide interchange between 36 di- and trithiols and disulfides derived from either 2-mercaptoethanol or dithiothreitol. Reactions were conducted in methanol-d4/squeous buffer (pH 7) or methanol-d4 at 25.degree. C, using NMR spectroscopy to follow the reactions. These data were used to rank the dithiols in terms of reduction potential and to infer the structure of the disulfides formed from them on oxidation. There is a general correlation between the reducing ability of the dithiol and the size of the disulfide-containing ring formed on oxidation: dithiols that form six-membered rings are most strongly reducing (K = 103-105 M with respect to oxidized 2-mercaptoethanol); five- and seven-membered rings are approximately 1 order of magnitude less reducing. Compounds resembling 1,2-ethanedithiol form cyclic bis(disulfide) dimers in relatively dilute solutions (.apprx. 1 mM) but polymerize at higher concentrations. Other classes of dithiols form polymers on oxidation.