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Thiolactone

Thiolactone
α-, β-, γ-, and δ-lactones (left to right)

Thiolactones are a class of heterocyclic compounds in organic chemistry. They are analogs of the more common lactones in which an oxygen atom is replaced with a sulfur atom. The sulfur atom is within the ring system and adjacent to a carbonyl group.

Chemistry

Thiolactones can be prepared by dehydration of thiol-containing carboxylic acids. Thiolactones can be hydrolyzed back to the thiol acids under basic conditions. β-Thiolactones can be opened by reaction at the 4-position via SN2 nucleophilic reactions.

Occurrence

]] Thiolactones are intermediates in the activation of some drugs.

In nature, the most common thiolactone is homocysteine thiolactone. It is produced from homocysteine. It may play a role in protein damage. The drugs citiolone and erdosteine are modified versions of homocysteine thiolactone.

Thiolactones have been found in peptides synthesized by bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus in order to regulate their quorum-sensing system.

References

References

  1. (December 1954). "The Kinetics of Basic Hydrolysis Of Some γ-Lactones and γ-Thiolactones In Aqueous Acetone". The Journal of Organic Chemistry.
  2. (2009). "SN2-Type Nucleophilic Opening of β-Thiolactones (Thietan-2-ones) as a Source of Thioacids for Coupling Reactions". [[The Journal of Organic Chemistry]].
  3. (2010). "Metabolism and Disposition of the Thienopyridine Antiplatelet Drugs Ticlopidine, Clopidogrel, and Prasugrel in Humans". The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
  4. (2000). "Homocysteine thiolactone: Metabolic origin and protein homocysteinylation in humans". [[The Journal of Nutrition]].
  5. (2007). "Biosynthesis of ''Staphylococcus aureus'' Autoinducing Peptides by using the ''Synechocystis'' DnaB Mini-Intein". Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
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