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NO-Group transfer (transnitrosation) between S-nitrosothiols and thiols. Part 2
Barnett, D.Jonathan,Rios, Ana,Williams, D. Lyn H.
, p. 1279 - 1282 (2007/10/03)
The kinetics of NO-group transfer have been measured for the reaction between a nitrosothiol (HOCH2CH2SNO) and nine thiols, mostly based on the cysteine structure.The reaction is second-order and there is evidence for a steric effect for thiols containing 1,1-dimethyl substituents (penicillamine derivatives).Reaction occurs via the thiolate anion as shown by the pH-rate constant profile, and a full kinetic analysis for the reactions of two thiols (N-acetylcysteine and glutathione) is quantitatively in agreement with this mechanism.Variation of the nitrosothiol structure for reaction with N-acetylcysteine shows that electron-withdrawing substituents in the nitrosothiol promote reaction; there is a similarity with the corresponding reactions of alkyl nitrites.
