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Thiols
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Total cards: 10•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
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Sulfur analog of alcohols
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Thiols
#2
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Thiols have a _________ bonded to a hydrocarbon chain
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Sylfhydryl/ mercapto/ thiol (-SH) group
#3
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Thiols have a characteristic ____
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Stench
#4
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Properties of thiols
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Characteristic stench Widespread in living organism Undergoes redox reaction
#5
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due to 3-methylbutane-1-thiol and but-2-ene-1-thiol
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skunk scent
#6
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part of proteins and enzymes (_____)
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Cysteine residues
#7
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Thiols can be oxidized by ___ to yield disulfides
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mild reagents
#8
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_____ can be reduced back to thiols by treatment of Zn and acetic acid
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disulfides
#9
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a key part of numerous biological processes (cross-linking of peptide chains)
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thiol-disulfide interconversion
#10
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Thiols IUPAC
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Similar to alcohols but use suffix “thiol”