Reactive oxygen species in the aerobic decomposition of sodium hydroxymethanesulfinate

Sergei V. Makarov, Claudius Mundoma, Serge A. Svarovsky, X. Shi, P. M. Gannett, Reuben H. Simoyi

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Abstract

Sodium hydroxymethanesulfinate, (HOCH2SO2Na, HMS) is relatively stable in aqueous alkaline environments, but rapidly decomposes in acidic medium to give a variety of products that include sulfur dioxide. A detailed kinetic and mechanistic study of the decomposition of HMS in slightly acidic medium has shown a process that produces dithionite, S2O2-4, which is preceded by an induction period which persists for as long as molecular oxygen is present in the reaction solution. The complete consumption of molecular oxygen is a prerequisite for the formation of S2O2-4. Among some of the intermediates detected in the decomposition of HMS is the sulfite radical, SO-3. Comparisons are made between the decomposition mechanisms of thiourea dioxide (aminoiminomethanesulfinic acid) and HMS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)289-296
Number of pages8
JournalArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Volume367
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 15 1999

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank the Ivanovo Academy of Chemistry and Technology for giving a leave of absence to S.V.M. S.V.M. is grateful to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for financial support (Grant No. 98-03-32802). C.M. is grateful to Steve Leonard for helping with ESR experiments. This work was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (Grant No. CHE-9632592).

Funding

We thank the Ivanovo Academy of Chemistry and Technology for giving a leave of absence to S.V.M. S.V.M. is grateful to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for financial support (Grant No. 98-03-32802). C.M. is grateful to Steve Leonard for helping with ESR experiments. This work was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (Grant No. CHE-9632592).

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaCHE-9632592
U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of China
Russian Foundation for Basic Research98-03-32802
Russian Foundation for Basic Research

    Keywords

    • Aminoiminomethanesulfinic acid
    • Hydroxymethanesulfinate
    • Reactive oxygen species
    • Sulfite radical ion
    • Sulfoxylate ion
    • Sulfur dioxide radical ion
    • Thioureas oxides

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biophysics
    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology

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