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2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid

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2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid
Names
Preferred IUPAC name 2,3-Bis(sulfanyl)propane-1-sulfonic acid
Other names 2,3-Dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
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KEGG
MeSH Unithiol
PubChem CID
UNII
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InChI
  • InChI=1S/C3H8O3S3/c4-9(5,6)2-3(8)1-7/h3,7-8H,1-2H2,(H,4,5,6)Key: JLVSRWOIZZXQAD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/C3H8O3S3/c4-9(5,6)2-3(8)1-7/h3,7-8H,1-2H2,(H,4,5,6)Key: JLVSRWOIZZXQAD-UHFFFAOYAD
SMILES
  • OS(=O)(=O)CC(S)CS
  • O=S(=O)(O)CC(S)CS
Properties
Chemical formula C3H8O3S3
Molar mass 188.27 g·mol
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Chemical compound

2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid (abbreviated DMPS) and its sodium salt (known as Unithiol) are chelating agents that form complexes with various heavy metals. They are related to dimercaprol, which is another chelating agent.

The synthesis of DMPS was first reported in 1956 by V. E. Petrunkin. The effects of DMPS on heavy metal poisoning, including with polonium-210, were investigated in the following years. DMPS was found to have some protective effect, prolonging the survival time.

A study was undertaken of DMPS use by workers involved in the production of a calomel skin bleaching lotion and in direct contact with mercurous chloride and that already showed elevated urine mercury levels. The sodium salt of DMPS was found to be effective in lowering the body burden of mercury and in decreasing the urinary mercury concentration to normal levels.

DMPS administered to a mercury poisoned animal model failed to remove the mercury from tissues and reduce the inorganic mercury burden in the brain, indicating it is not a useful intra-cellular chelation agent.

A 2008 study reported a case of Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS), a potentially serious disease, in a child undergoing chelation therapy with DMPS; the SJS resolved gradually after the chelation therapy was stopped.

A 2020 study found DMPS to provide some benefits taken orally in mitigating effects from hemotoxic snakebites (using venom from saw-scaled vipers Viperidae Echis) in mouse models when given soon after exposure, suggesting its potential for repurposing as a prehospital treatment.

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References

  1. Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 697. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4. The prefixes 'mercapto' (–SH), and 'hydroseleno' or selenyl (–SeH), etc. are no longer recommended.
  2. Petrunkin, V. E. (1956). "Synthesis and properties of dimercapto derivatives of alkylsulfonic acids". Ukrainsky Khemichisky Zhurnal. 22: 603–607.
  3. Aposhian, H.V.; Aposhian, M.M. (1990). "Meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid: Chemical, pharmacological and toxicological properties of an orally effective metal chelating agent". Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 30 (1): 279–306. doi:10.1146/annurev.pa.30.040190.001431. PMID 2160791.
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