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SUBMITTER: Tada N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4919772 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS central science 20160613 6
We describe a general method to synthesize the iminium tetrahydrothiophene embedded in the dimeric Nuphar alkaloids. In contrast to prior studies, the sulfur atom of the thiaspirane pharmacophore is shown to be electrophilic. This α-thioether reacts with thiophenol or glutathione at ambient temperature to cleave the C-S bond and form a disulfide. Rates of conversion are proportional to the corresponding ammonium ion pK a and exhibit half-lives less than 5 h at a 5 mM concentration of thiol. A si ...[more]