Nitrosation of thiols and thioethers in the gas phase: a combined theoretical and experimental study

J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2004 Mar;15(3):344-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jasms.2003.10.016.

Abstract

Recent studies have demonstrated the biological importance of the interaction of nitric oxide with proteins such as cytochrome-c or hemoglobin. In particular, the possibility that the nitrosonium cation, NO(+), could reversibly bind to sulfide atom type was proposed. At pH values of biological relevance, nitrosation was proposed to occur through the action of NO(+) carriers such as nitrosothiols or nitrosamines. In this context, the gas phase chemistry of protonated nitrosothiols is studied in the present work by a combination of mass spectrometry and computational methods.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ammonia / chemistry
  • Gases / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Sulfide / chemistry
  • Methanol / chemistry
  • Methylamines / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitric Oxide / chemistry*
  • Nitrites / chemistry
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds / chemistry*
  • Sulfides / chemistry*
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Gases
  • Methylamines
  • Nitrites
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Sulfides
  • Water
  • methylmercaptan
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Ammonia
  • methylamine
  • Methanol
  • Hydrogen Sulfide