Selenols catalyze the interchange reactions of dithiols and disulfides in water
作者:Rajeeva Singh、George M. Whitesides
DOI:10.1021/jo00024a041
日期:1991.11
Selenium and Sulfur in Exchange Reactions: A Comparative Study
作者:Daniel Steinmann、Thomas Nauser、Willem H. Koppenol
DOI:10.1021/jo1011569
日期:2010.10.1
Cysteamine reduces selenocystamine to form hemiselenocystamine and then cystamine. The rate constants are k(1) = 1.3 x 10(5) M-1 s(-1); k(-1) = 2.6 x 10(7) M-1 s(-1); k(2) = 11 M-1 s(-1); and k(-2) = 1.4 x 10(3) M-1 s(-1), respectively. Rate constants for reactions of cysteine/selenocystine are similar. Reaction rates of selenium as a nucleophile and as an electrophile are 2-3 and 4 orders of magnitude higher, respectively, than those of sulfur. Sulfides and selenides are comparable as leaving groups.
Methyltransferase-Directed Derivatization of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in DNA
Cytosine modification by AdoMet–dependent DNA methyltransferases is part of an epigenetic regulatory network in vertebrates. Here we show that, in the absence of AdoMet, bacterial cytosine-5 methyltransferases can catalyze condensation of aliphatic thiols and selenols to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in DNA yielding 5-chalcogenomethyl derivatives. These new atypical reactions open new ways for sequence-specific derivatization and analysis of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, a recently discovered nucleobase in mammalian DNA
The Synthesis of Aminoethyl-Substituted Selenium Compounds
作者:Daniel L. Klayman
DOI:10.1021/jo01018a504
日期:1965.7
A comparative study of the kinetics of selenol/diselenide and thiol/disulfide exchange reactions