title: Cation radicals of organosulphur compounds.
abstract: 1. Biological and biomimetic oxidations of thioethers are reviewed. 2. gamma-Radiolysis, pulse radiolysis, photochemical, chemical, and electrochemical methods for generating sulphur cation radicals are discussed and exemplified. 3. The major reactions of sulphur cation radicals: nucleophilic attack, electron transfer, decarboxylation, reaction with O2, C-S, C-C, and alpha-C-M bond cleavages, sulphur abstraction, and rearrangements are presented.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002412:Cations / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D005609:Free Radicals; D013455:Sulfur