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ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 331-339Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00805
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- NSF [CHE-2004150, CHE-1427987, CHE-1625529]
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Persulfides are important reactive sulfur species that are associated with the biological functions of H2S. Directly studying persulfides is difficult due to their nucleophilic and electrophilic character. Persulfide donors are needed to generate persulfides in situ for investigating their effects.
Persulfides (RSSH) are important reactive sulfur species (RSS) that are intertwined with the biological functions of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The direct study of persulfides is difficult, however, due to their both nucleophilic and electrophilic character, which leads to the generation of an equilibrium of different RSS. To investigate the effects of persulfides directly, especially in biological systems, persulfide donors are needed to generate persulfides in situ. Here, we report the synthesis of esterase-activated perthiocarbonate persulfide donors and investigate the effects of structural modifications on persulfide release. Although steric bulk of the ester did not significantly alter persulfide release kinetics, increased steric bulk of the thiol increased the persulfide release rate. In addition, we found that the steric bulk and identity of the thiol significantly impact persulfide persistence. Further mechanistic investigations into different competing reaction pathways from perthiocarbonates revealed that multiple RSS can be delivered (i.e., H2S, COS, or RSSH) depending on the persulfide donor structure and activator identity.
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