Mammalian metallothionein (MT) is Involved in the detoxiflcation of Cd(ll) ions. It binds 7 Cd(ll) in two Cd-thiolate clusters (Cd4S11 and C3S9) which are located in two protein domains. 111Cd and 2-D NMR studies show that in lobster, two Cd3S9 domains exist. Despite homologies in the location of cysteines between the corresponding domains of the lobster and mammalian MTs (8 of the 9 cysteines ...

The formation of gold-thiolate nanoparticles via oxidation of gold clusters by thiols is examined in this work. Using the BP86 density functional with a triple ζ basis set, the adsorption of methylthiol onto various gold clusters Aun(Z) (n = 1-8, 12, 13, 20; Z = 0, -1, +1) and Au38(4+) is investigated. The rate-limiting step for the reaction of one thiol with the gold cluster is the dissociatio...

Seven new compounds have been synthetized in satisfactory yields (51-78 %) through the treatment of mesoionic 1,3-thiazolium-5-thiolate (4a-d) and 1,3,4-thiadiazolium- 5-thiolate (10a,b) with chloroacetic acid or methyl iodide: 1,3,4-thiadiazolium-5-methylthio- (11) and 5-thioacetate (12). The structure of the title compounds was elucidated by elemental analysis, IR, (1)H and (13)C NMR spectros...

We report herein the development of a highly sensitive colorimetric method for the detection of 4-hydroxy-2-mercapto-6-methylpyrimidine (MTU) which acts as an anti-thyroid drug utilizing citrate capped gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs). This thiol-containing molecule exhibits intriguing affinity with Au-NPs. The reactivity involves the displacement of the citrate shell by the thiolate shell followed ...

Mycotoxin monitoring is critical to ensure that foods are safe for human and animal consumption, so highly sensitive selective detection methods required by regulatory agencies. In this work, a new method the analysis of patulin in fruit products was developed based on high reactivity mycotoxin with sodium benzene-1,2- bis (thiolate). This previously unknown reaction occurs buffered aqueous sol...

The nucleophilicity of biomimetic zinc-thiolate complexes against methyl iodide has been studied. The activation barrier has been computed with the B3LYP functional. The reactivity depends on the global charge, the nature of the ligand set and the presence of hydrogen bonds. This shows that the understanding of zinc site nucleophilicity can not be achieved by the knowledge of the atom donor set...

The synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a cobalt(II) complex, [(HL)Co(PyS)](ClO4) (1) (where HL = tris(2-pyridylthio)methane and PyS = monoanionic pyridine-2-thiolate) are discussed. Complex (1) reacts with molecular oxygen to yield a mononuclear low-spin cobalt(III) complex, [(L)Co(PyS)](ClO4) (2). On the other hand, treatment of (1) with a protic acid (pyridinium perchlorate) follow...

We have examined the redox behavior of the osmium and ruthenium compounds (OEP)M(NO)(OEt) and (OEP)M(NO)(SEt) (OEP = octaethylporphyrinato dianion; M = Os, Ru) by cyclic voltammetry and infrared spectroelectrochemistry. The compound (OEP)Os(NO)(OEt) undergoes a single reversible oxidation process in dichloromethane. In contrast, the thiolate compound (OEP)Os(NO)(SEt) undergoes a net irreversibl...

In this report, we systematically studied the effects of different metal ions on the fluorescence of common thiolate ligand capped quantum dots. Generally, heavy metal ions exhibited much more significant fluorescence quenching. Also, the coordination capability and steric hindrance of the ligand jointly affect the quenching efficiency.