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Sulfur is below oxygen on the periodic table, and it occasionally shows some similar chemistry. One similarity is that an S atom can take the place of an O atom in an alcohol, to make a molecule that looks like this:
R–SH
The sulfur analog of an alcohol is called a thiol. The formal way of naming a thiol is similar to that of alcohols, except that instead of using the suffix –ol, you use the suffix –thiol. The following illustrates thiol nomenclature:
An older system uses the word mercaptan in naming simple thiols, much like the word alcohol is used with small alcohols. These thiols can also be named like this:
Many thiols have strong, objectionable odours; indeed, the spray from skunks is composed of thiols and is detectable by the human nose at concentrations of less than 10 ppb. Because natural gas is odorless, thiols are intentionally added—at very low levels, of course—so that gas leaks can be more easily detected. Not all thiols have objectionable odours; this thiol, grapefruit mercaptan, is responsible for the odor of grapefruit:
Cysteine is an amino acid that is a thiol:
Cysteine plays an important role in protein structure. If two cysteine amino acids in a protein chain approach each other, they can be oxidized, and an S–S bond (also known as a disulfide bond) is formed:
R–SH + HS–R → R–S–S–R
where the R group is the rest of the cysteine molecule. The disulfide bond is strong enough to fix the position of the two cysteine groups, thus imposing a structure on the protein. Hair is composed of about 5% cysteine, and the breaking and remaking of disulfide bonds between cysteine units is the primary mechanism behind straightening and curling hair (hair “perms”).
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