Methaneseleninic acid (methylseleninic acid or MSA) is an organoselenium compound, a seleninic acid with the chemical formula CH3SeO2H. Its structure is CH3−Se(=O)−OH.
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Methaneseleninic acid
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Methylseleninic acid
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.123.107 |
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| MeSH | C008493 |
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| CH3SeO2H | |
| Molar mass | 127.012 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | White crystalline solid or powder[1] |
| Odor | Stench[1] |
| Melting point | 128–132 °C (262–270 °F; 401–405 K)[1] |
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| P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P273, P280, P301+P310, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P311, P314, P321, P330, P363, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Preparation
editMethaneseleninic acid is conveniently synthesized through oxidation of commercially available dimethyl diselenide by 3% hydrogen peroxide.[2]
- CH3−Se−Se−CH3 + H2O2 → 2 CH3−Se(=O)−OH
Seleninic acids can be prepared by oxidation of selenoesters with one equivalent of dimethyldioxirane (DMDO). Use of excess DMDO affords little studied selenonic acids (R−Se(=O)2−OH).[3]
- R−Se−C(=O)−R' + DMDO → R−Se(=O)−OH
- R−Se−C(=O)−R' + excess DMDO → R−Se(=O)2−OH
Selenenic acids, formed during the syn-elimination of selenoxides, undergo spontaneous disproportionation into the corresponding seleninic acids and diselenides:
- 4 R−Se−OH → 2 R−Se(=O)−OH + R−Se−Se−R
Structure, bonding, properties
editMethaneseleninic acid, from decomposition of Se-methylselenocysteine Se-oxide but also available commercially, has been characterized by X-ray crystallography.[4] The configuration about the selenium atom is pyramidal, with Se-C = 1.925(8) Å, Se-O = 1.672(7) Å, Se-OH = 1.756(7) Å, the angle OSeO = 103.0(3)°, the angle HO-Se-C = 93.5(3)°, and the angle OSeC = 101.4(3)°. The structure is isomorphous to that of methanesulfinic acid [5] Optical isomers of methaneseleninic acid can be isolated as chiral crystals by recrystallization from a mixture of methanol and toluene. The absolute configuration of one of the enantiomers was determined by X-ray crystallography. Optically active methaneseleninic acid was stable toward racemization in the solid state, although it racemized very rapidly in solution.[6]
Anticancer activity
editMethaneseleninic acid shows potential anticancer activity and is a model for studying the anticancer effects of selenium in vitro.[7] Methaneseleninic acid shows superior in vivo inhibitory efficacy toward human prostate cancer compared to selenomethionine or selenite (ion).[8] It has recently been reported that methaneseleninic acid enhances the efficacy of paclitaxel for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer,[9] that methaneseleninic acid functions as an aromatase inhibitor, of possible use in therapy for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women,[10] that methaneseleninic acid shows promise as a sensitizing agent for apoptosis induced by the Bcl-2-family inhibitor ABT-737 in several cancer lines,[11] and that methaneseleninic acid restricts tumor growth in the nude mouse model of metastatic breast cancer[12] and Lewis lung carcinoma in mice.[13]
Methaneselenol (CH3SeH) can be produced in vivo by reduction of methaneseleninic acid and may in fact be the key metabolite responsible for selenium’s anticancer activity[2][14] through generation of superoxide.[15] The reduction of methaneseleninic acid by mammalian thioredoxin reductase has been studied.[16]
References
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- ^ Zhao, H.; Whitfield, M. L.; Xu, T.; Botstein, D.; Brooks, J. D. (2003). "Diverse effects of methylseleninic acid on the transcriptional program of human prostate cancer cells". Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15 (2): 506–519. doi:10.1091/mbc.E03-07-0501. PMC 329225. PMID 14617803.
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