Sodium_diethyldithiocarbamate

Sodium diethyldithiocarbamate

Sodium diethyldithiocarbamate

Chemical compound

Sodium diethyldithiocarbamate is the organosulfur compound with the formula NaS2CN(C2H5)2. It is a pale yellow, water soluble salt.

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Preparation

This salt is obtained by treating carbon disulfide with diethylamine in the presence of sodium hydroxide:

CS2 + HN(C2H5)2 + NaOH → NaS2CN(C2H5)2 + H2O

Other dithiocarbamates can be prepared similarly from secondary amines and carbon disulfide. They are used as chelating agents for transition metal ions and as precursors to herbicides and vulcanization reagents.

Reactions

Iron tris(diethyldithiocarbamate), a black solid that is soluble in organic solvents, is a representative complex of diethyldithiocarbamate.

Oxidation of sodium diethyldithiocarbamate gives the disulfide, also called a thiuram disulfide (Et = ethyl):

2 NaS2CNEt2 + I2 → (S2CNEt2)2 + 2 NaI

Dithiocarbamates are nucleophiles and thus can be alkylated. Even dichloromethane suffices:[1]

2 NaS2CNEt2 + CH2Cl2 → CH2(S2CNEt2)2 + 2 NaCl

Diethyldithiocarbamate reacts with many metal salts to give transition metal dithiocarbamate complexes. The ligands coordinate via the two sulfur atoms. Other more complicated bonding modes are known including binding as unidentate ligand and a bridging ligand using one or both sulfur atoms.[2]

Laboratory and practical use

By the technique of spin trapping, complexes of dithiocarbamates with iron provide one of the very few methods to study the formation of nitric oxide (NO) radicals in biological materials. Although the lifetime of NO in tissues is too short to allow detection of this radical itself, NO readily binds to iron-dithiocarbamate complexes. The resulting mono-nitrosyl-iron complex (MNIC) is stable, and may be detected with Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.[3][4][5]

The zinc chelation of diethyldithiocarbamate inhibits metalloproteinases, which in turn prevents the degradation of extracellular matrix, an initial step in cancer metastasis and angiogenesis.[6]

Diethyldithiocarbamate inhibits superoxide dismutase, which can both have antioxidant and oxidant effects on cells, depending on the time of administration.[6]

References

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    Heckley PR, Holah DG, Hughes AN, Leh F (1970). "Reactions of Sodium N,N-Diethyldithiocarbamate with Some Organic Solvents". Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 48 (24): 3827–3830. doi:10.1139/v70-645.
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    Cotton, F. Albert, Wilkinson, Geoffrey, Murillo, Carlos A., Bochmann, Manfred (1999), Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, ISBN 0-471-19957-5
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    Henry Y.; Guissani A.; Ducastel B. (eds); "Nitric oxide research from chemistry to biology: EPR spectroscopy of nitrosylated compounds." Landes, Austin 1997.
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    Vanin A, Huisman A, van Faassen E (2002). "Iron dithiocarbamate as spin trap for nitric oxide detection: Pitfalls and successes". Nitric Oxide, Part D: Oxide Detection, Mitochondria and Cell Functions, and Peroxynitrite Reactions. Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 359. pp. 27–42. doi:10.1016/s0076-6879(02)59169-2. ISBN 978-0-12-182262-0. PMID 12481557.
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    van Faassen E.E.; Vanin A.F. (eds); "Radicals for life: The various forms of nitric oxide." Elsevier, Amsterdam 2007.
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    diethyldithiocarbamate National Cancer Institute - Drug Dictionary

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