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1
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Sulfur analog of alcohols

A

Thiols

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Thiols have a _________ bonded to a hydrocarbon chain

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Sylfhydryl/ mercapto/ thiol (-SH) group

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3
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Thiols have a characteristic ____

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Stench

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4
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Properties of thiols

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Characteristic stench
Widespread in living organism
Undergoes redox reaction

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5
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due to 3-methylbutane-1-thiol and but-2-ene-1-thiol

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skunk scent

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6
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part of proteins and enzymes (_____)

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Cysteine residues

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Thiols can be oxidized by ___ to yield disulfides

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mild reagents

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_____ can be reduced back to thiols by treatment of Zn and acetic acid

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disulfides

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9
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a key part of numerous biological processes (cross-linking of peptide chains)

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thiol-disulfide interconversion

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10
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Thiols IUPAC

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Similar to alcohols but use suffix “thiol”

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