Chemical Properties
off-white or tan powder
Uses
Phenyl Vinyl Sulfone is a synthetic inhibitor of cysteine protease and has antihelminthic and antiprotozoal properties. Phenyl Vinyl Sulfone is also an inhibitor of transpeptidase SrtA required for cell wall protein anchoring and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus.
Uses
As common reagent, Phenyl vinyl sulfone is used in a variety of cycloaddition reactions to form cyclopropanes,1 cyclohexenes,2,3 and cyclooctadienes.
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 48, p. 4976, 1983
DOI: 10.1021/jo00173a039
General Description
Phenyl vinyl sulfone, a synthetic inhibitor of cysteine protease, exhibits antihelminthic and antiprotozoal properties.
