The Oxidation of Trialkyl Trithioarsenites, (RS)<sub>3</sub>As, by Octasulfur/Triethylamine and Dioxygen
作者:Gerasimos M. Tsivgoulis、Theano C. Fotopoulou、Panayiotis V. Ioannou
DOI:10.1080/104265091001092
日期:2006.2
Trialkyl trithioarsenites, (RS)(3) As, bearing terminal carboxy (COOH) or carboxylate (-COO-Na+) or zwitterionic (CH(NH3+)COO-) groups were studied for their ability to be oxidized by octasulfur, S-8, and by dioxygen. The carboxy-bearing trithioarsenites are not oxidized by S-8 to the corresponding As(V) esters, (RS)(3)As=S, probably because they cannot open the octasulfur ring, but they react with S-8 in the presence of triethylamine, which acts as an activator of S-8. The carboxylate-bearing trithioarsenites, however, do react under drastic conditions with S-8. In both cases colored insoluble solids were obtained which could not be characterized. The carboxy-bearing trithioarsenites are oxidized by air in a hydrocarbon chain-length depended manner, while the carboxylate-bearing trithioarsenites are not, if at all, oxidized by air to arsenic(III) oxide, As2O3, and disulfide, RSSR. The zwitterion-bearing tris(penicillamine), tris(cysteine), and tris(glutathione) trithioarsenites are air oxidized slower than their corresponding parent thiols and this may be of biochemical significance.