Pyrithione is the common name of an organosulfur compound with molecular formula C5H5NOS, chosen as an abbreviation of pyridinethione, and found in the Persian shallot.[4] It exists as a pair of tautomers, the major form being the thione1-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridinethione and the minor form being the thiol2-mercaptopyridine N-oxide; it crystallises in the thione form.[5] It is usually prepared from either 2-bromopyridine,[1] 2-chloropyridine,[6][7] or 2-chloropyridine N-oxide,[8] and is commercially available as both the neutral compound and its sodium salt.[1] It is used to prepare zinc pyrithione,[9][10] which is used primarily to treat dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis in medicated shampoos,[11][12] though is also an anti-fouling agent in paints.[13]
The preparation of pyrithione was first reported in 1950[13] by Shaw[14] and was prepared by reaction of 2-chloropyridine N-oxide with sodium hydrosulfide followed by acidification,[8] or more recently with sodium sulfide.[15] 2-chloropyridine N-oxide itself can be prepared from 2-chloropyridine using peracetic acid.[16] Another approach involves treating the same starting N-oxide with thiourea to afford pyridyl-2-isothiouronium chloride N-oxide which undergoes base hydrolysis to pyrithione.[1][17]2-Bromopyridine can be oxidised to its N-oxide using a suitable peracid (as per 2-chloropyridine), both approaches being analogous to that reported in Organic Syntheses for the oxidation of pyridine to its N-oxide.[1][18] A substitution reaction using either sodium dithionite (Na2S2O4) or sodium sulfide with sodium hydroxide will allow the replacement of the bromo substituent with a thiolfunctional group.[1][15]
The alternative strategy is to form the mercaptan before introducing the N-oxide moiety. 2-Mercaptopyridine was originally synthesized in 1931 by heating 2-chloropyridine with calcium hydrosulfide,[6] an approach similar that first used to prepare pyrithione.[8] The analogous thiourea approach via a uronium salt was reported in 1958 and provides a more convenient route to 2-mercaptopyridine.[7] Oxidation to the N-oxide can then be undertaken.
The disulfide dipyrithione, 2,2'-dithiobis(pyridine-N-oxide)
Dipyrithione is used as a fungicide and bactericide,[8] and has been reported to possess novel cytotoxic activity by inducing apoptosis.[21] However, as apoptosis only occurs in higher organisms, this mechanism isn't relevant to the antifungal and bacteric
idal properties of pyrithione.
Properties
Tautomerisation of the sodium salt of pyrithione (thione form on the left, thiolate form on the right)
Pyrithione exists as a pair of prototropes, a form of tautomerism whereby the rapid interconversion of constitutional isomers involves the shift of a single proton, in this case between the sulfur and oxygen atoms (shown in the infobox above).[3][22][23]
Salts of the conjugate base of pyrithione can also be considered to exhibit tautomerism by notionally associating the sodium ion with whichever heteroatom bears the negative charge of the anion (as opposed to the formal charges associated with the N-oxide); however, considering the anion alone, this could also be described as an example of resonance.
Pyrithione can be used as a source of hydroxyl radical in organic synthesis[24] as it photochemically decomposes to HO• and (pyridin-2-yl)sulfanyl radical.[25]
Applications
Structures of 1:2 complexes of zinc and the conjugate base of pyrithione Top: Structural formula of the monomer Bottom: Ball-and-stick model of the dimer
The conjugate base of pyrithione (pyrithionate ion) is an anion containing two donor atoms, a sulfur atom and an oxygen atom each bearing a negative formal charge; the nitrogen atom remains formally positively charged. The thiolate anion can be formed by reaction with sodium carbonate, and zinc pyrithione is formed when zinc chloride is added.[10] The anion can act as either a monodentate or bidentateligand and forms a 1:2 complex with a zinc(II) metal centre. Zinc pyrithione has been used since the 1930s though its preparation was not disclosed until a 1955 British patent[13] in which pyrithione was reacted directly with hydrated zinc sulfate in ethanol.[9] In its monomeric form, zinc pyrithione has two of the anions chelated to a zinc centre with a tetrahedral geometry. In the solid state, it forms a dimer in which each zinc centre adopts a trigonal bipyramidal geometry with two of the anions acting as bridging ligands coordinated through the oxygen atoms in the axial positions.[26] In solution, the dimers dissociate via scission of zinc-oxygen bonds to each bridging ligand. Further dissociation of the monomer into its constituents can occur and is undesirable as the complex is more potent in medical applications; for this reason, zinc carbonate can be added to formulations as it inhibits the monomer dissociation.[27]
Zinc pyrithione has a long history of use in medicated shampoos to treat dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis[28][29][30] (dandruff can be considered a mild form of seborrheic dermatitis[12]). It exhibits both antifungal and antimicrobial properties, inhibiting the Malassezia yeasts which promote these scalp conditions.[27] The mechanisms by which this work are the subject of ongoing study.[31][32] It can be used as an antibacterial agent against Staphylococcus and Streptococcus infections for conditions such as athlete's foot, eczema, psoriasis, and ringworm.[13] It is known to be cytotoxic against Pityrosporum ovale, especially in combination with ketoconazole, which is the preferred formulation for seborrheic dermatitis.[11] Pyrithione itself inhibits membrane transport processes in fungi.[22][33]
Paints used in external environments sometimes include zinc pyrithione as a preventive against algae and mildew.[13][34]
↑ 3.03.13.2Jones, R. Alan; Katritzky, A. R. (1960). "N-oxides and related compounds. Part XVII. The tautomerism of mercapto- and acylamino-pyridine 1-oxides". J. Chem. Soc.: 2937–2942. doi:10.1039/JR9600002937.
↑ 4.04.1Ebrahimia, R.; Zamani, Z.; Kash, A. (2009). "Genetic diversity evaluation of wild Persian shallot (Allium hirtifolium Boiss.) using morphological and RAPD markers". Sci. Hortic.119 (4): 345–351. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2008.08.032.
↑ 6.06.1Räth, C.; Binz, A.; Räth, C. (1931). "Mercaptane und Sulfosäuren des Pyridins. XII. Mitteilung über Derivate des Pyridins" (in German). Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem.487: 105–119. doi:10.1002/jlac.19314870107.
↑ 7.07.1Jones, R. A.; Katritzky, A. R. (1958). "721. Tautomeric pyridines. Part I. Pyrid-2- and −4-thione". J. Chem. Soc.: 3610–3613. doi:10.1039/JR9580003610.
↑ 9.09.1 & Losee, Kathryn A."Heavy-metal derivatives of 1-hydroxy-2-pyridinethiones and method of preparing same" US patent granted 2809971, published 1957-10-15, assigned to Olin Mathieson
↑Shaw, Elliott; Bernstein, Jack; Losee, Kathryn; Lott, W. A. (1950). "Analogs of Aspergillic Acid. IV. Substituted 2-Bromopyridine-N-oxides and Their Conversion to Cyclic Thiohydroxamic Acids". J. Am. Chem. Soc.72 (10): 4362–4364. doi:10.1021/ja01166a008.
↑ 15.015.1Cheng, Hefeng; She, Ji (1990). "14. Improved preparation of 2-mercaptopyridine-N-oxide". Zhongguo Yiyao Gongye Zazhi21 (2): 55–56.
↑Block, Eric; Dane, A. John; Cody, Robert B. (2011). "Crushing Garlic and Slicing Onions: Detection of Sulfenic Acids and Other Reactive Organosulfur Intermediates from Garlic and Other Alliums using Direct Analysis in Real-Time Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS)". Phosphorus Sulfur186 (5): 1085–1093. doi:10.1080/10426507.2010.507728.
↑Smith, Michael B. (2013). March's Advanced Organic Chemistry (7th ed.). Wiley. p. 246. ISBN978-0-470-46259-1.
↑DeMatteo, Matthew P.; Poole, James S.; Shi, Xiaofeng; Sachdeva, Rakesh; Hatcher, Patrick G.; Hadad, Christopher M.; Platz, Matthew S. (2005). "On the Electrophilicity of Hydroxyl Radical: A Laser Flash Photolysis and Computational Study". Journal of the American Chemical Society127 (19): 7094–7109. doi:10.1021/ja043692q. ISSN0002-7863. PMID15884952.
↑Barnett, B. L.; Kretschmar, H. C.; Hartman, F. A. (1977). "Structural characterization of bis(N-oxopyridine-2-thionato)zinc(II)". Inorg. Chem.16 (8): 1834–1838. doi:10.1021/ic50174a002.
↑Marks, R.; Pearse, A. D.; Walker, A. P. (1985). "The Effects of a Shampoo Containing Zinc Pyrithione on the Control of Dandruff". Br. J. Dermatol.112 (4): 415–422. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.1985.tb02314.x. PMID3158327.
↑Bacon, Robert A.; Mizoguchi, Haruko; Schwartz, James R. (2014). "Assessing therapeutic effectiveness of scalp treatments for dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis, part 1: A reliable and relevant method based on the adherent scalp flaking score (ASFS)". J. Dermatolog. Treat.25 (3): 232–236. doi:10.3109/09546634.2012.687089. PMID22515728.
↑Reeder, N. L.; Xu, J.; Youngquist, R. S.; Schwartz, James R.; Rust, R. C.; Saunders, C. W. (2011). "The Antifungal Mechanism of Action of Zinc Pyrithione". Br. J. Dermatol.165 (s2): 9–12. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10571.x. PMID21919897.
↑ & Patru, Gaston"Bacteriostatic, fungistatic and algicidal compositions, particularly for submarine paints" US patent 4039312, published 1977-08-02, assigned to Joseph, Marceland Patru, Gaston
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