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.
As common reagent, Phenyl vinyl sulfone is used in a variety of cycloaddition reactions to form cyclopropanes,1 cyclohexenes,2,3 and cyclooctadienes.
Phenyl vinyl sulfone, a synthetic inhibitor of cysteine protease, exhibits antihelminthic and antiprotozoal properties.
