THE FORMATION OF SULFONIUM SALTS FROM ALCOHOLS

AND METHIONINE IN SULFURIC ACID*

BY THEODORE F. LAVINE, NORMAN F. FLOYD, AND MARY S. CAMMAROTI

(From The Innstitute for Cancer Research and the Lankenau Hospital Research Institute,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

(Received for publication, July 17, 1953)

The activity of “8-adenosylmethionine” as a biological methylating

agent (l), the influence of methionine on the production of thiomethyl-
adenosine by yeast (a), and the isolation of the methylsulfonium derivative
of methionine from plant extracts (3) attest to the biological importance of
methionine sulfonium compounds. The present paper deals with the

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chemistry of methionine sulfonium derivatives.
We have shown (4) that in hot 50 per cent HzS04 methionine and methyl-
sulfuric acid form methionine methylsulfonium hydrogen sulfate at a rapid
rate. Because hot HzS04 favors the formation of sulfuric acid esters from
alcohols, it appeared worth while to investigate the formation of methi-
onine sulfonium salts directly from hydroxy compounds, particularly
those for which the sulfate (or halide) derivative is relatively inaccessible.
A few instances of this approach are recorded in the literature (5, 6).
The reaction of methionine with hydroxy compounds according to Re-
action 1 was followed by determining the rate of disappearance of meth-
ionine.
RSMe + R’OH + HzSOI - (R) (R’) (Me)S+SO& + Hz0 (1)
A competitive and limiting factor to the above reaction is the self-
decomposition of methionine in hot sulfuric acid according to Reaction 2.
4RSMe + 3H$Oa - RSSR + 2(Me)z(R)S+SOIH- + SOZ + 2H~0 (2)
The extent to which the latter reaction occurred was evaluated from the
amount of homocystine formation and from the known rate of reaction (4).
Qualitative and quantitative evidence of sulfonium salt formation was ob-
tained by precipitation with phosphotungstic acid from dilute sulfuric acid.
As shown in Table I, methionine in boiling 15 N sulfuric acid reacts
readily with simple alcohols to form sulfonium salts. tert-Butyl alcohol
also reacts at room temperature, but the resulting sulfonium salt decom-
poses at elevated temperatures and also on dilution. Benzyl and ally1
alcohols appear to react readily, but side reactions are indicated by pre-
* This investigation was supported in part by a research grant from the National
Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health
Service, and in part by an institutional grant from the American Cancer Society.
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TABLE I
Reaction of Methionine with Hydroxy Compounds in 16 N Xuljuric Acid at 155”
The reaction mixtures were prepared by weight and contained 50 mM of nn-methi-
onine, 100 mM of hydroxy compound, and 50 ml. of 18 N HzSOI. Methionine and
homocystine determinations were made on aliquots of a 1: 10 aqueous dilution of the
reaction mixture. All results are expressed as per cent of methionine initially
present, The determinations of homocystine and sulfonium salt were made at the
end of the reaction.

Methionine
Homo- julfonium
cystine phospho-
AftCr 15 min. tungstate*
mixing 1 hr.

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per cent per cent per cent fw Gent per cent
None 100 12 50 48
Methanol. 97 2 0 0 95
Ethanol. 107 11 0 0 106
Propyl alcohol. 102 20 0 0 95
Isopropyl alcohol. 102 10 0 0 99
tert-Butyl alcoholt 52 66 91
‘< ‘( $.. 59 5 0
Benzyl alcohol.. 51 0 0 0 72
Ally1 “ 86 0 0 0 114
Phenol, 99 99 0
Ethanolsmine. 99 975 84§ 2311
nn-Threonine ssll W 1% 46
nn-Serine 100 70** 48** 24**

-I
“ tt . . 100 21** 45**

* The equivalent weight of sulfonium phosphotungstates was assumed to be 2138

plus the molecular weight of the respective hydroxy compound.
t The reaction was accompanied by darkening and gas evolution (isobutylene ?).
After standing for 3 days the methionine content of the first diluted aliquot had
increased from 52 to 100.6 per cent.
1 Reaction run at 25”. No methionine remained after 3 hours; after standing
for 17 hours the diluted 3 hour aliquot contained 58.4 per cent methionine, while the
original reaction mixture was still methionine-free.
$ Methionine determinations made on filtrate from mercuric sulfate precipitate
(4).
112 hour value; corresponding methionine value 57 per cent.
f The reaction mixture had been heated on a water bath for 1 hour.
** These values are approximations based on the ratio of the total to the reversi-
ble iodine consumption values in the methionine determination. After 5 minutes
oxidation, the ratio for homocystine is 3:l and for methionine 1:l.
tt Serine was allowed to stand for 1 hour with 18 M sulfuric acid before dilution to
18 N and addition of methionine.
 T. F. LAVINE, N. F. FLOYD, AND M. S. CAMMAROTI 101)

cipitate formation and the low yield of phosphotungstate in the former case
and darkening of the reaction mixture in the second. The apparent lack
of reaction with phenol and ethanolamine is contradicted by the absence of
the self-decomposition of methionine, which suggests reversible sulfonium
salt formation depending on temperature. With the biologically occurring
hydroxy compounds, threonine and serine, the predominant reaction was
the decomposition of methionine according to Reaction 2. Several var-
iations in conditions were employed with serine (in order to prepare
the methylsulfonium salt of cystathionine (7)), all with negative results.
These included the use of phosphoric acid, 9 N’ and 36 N H&304, and (as
shown in Table I) the prior formation of the sulfate derivative of serine by
the use of concentrated sulfuric acid (8). /LPropiolactone readily formed

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a sulfonium salt with methionine. Qualitative experiments with glycolic
and lactic acids showed no interaction with methionine, presumably owing
to their decomposition in hot sulfuric acid. The use of halogen acids
instead of sulfuric acid leads similarly to sulfonium salt formation with
/3-bromopropionic acid and methanol, yielding the corresponding sulfonium
salts in hydrobromic and hydrochloric acids, respectively.
The isolation of sulfonium salts in the solid state, apart from occasional
inherent instability, frequently depends on the choice of a suitable anionic
component and on the ionic state of polar groups in the sulfonium moiety.
The methionine carboxyethylsulfonium salt, for example, may be ionized
as shown, depending on the acidity of the solution. The bromide hydro-
bromide (I) was obtained as an oil, the bromide (II) as an unstable solid,
and the thetin (III) as a solid admixed with II; the isolation of IV was not
attempted. Methionine isopropylsulfonium bromide was obtained as a
solid but the n-propyl derivative yielded a syrup; the instability of the
tert-butyl derivative has been mentioned.
R(NH,+)COOH R(NHa+)COO- R(NHa+)COO-
I I I
CH:$- S+ 2Br- CHr-S+ 13~ CHr-S+
I I I
R’COOH R’COOH R’COO-
(I) (II) (III)
R(NHJCOO-
I
CHs---S+
I
R’COO-Nn’
(IV)
1 In I) N I&SO,, the decomposition of methionine (Reaction 2) does not take place;
however, the rate of reaction with methanol (Reaction 1) is also decreased (33 per
cent sulfonium salt formation in 1 hour at 104”).
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The reactivity of sulfonium salts is manifested by displacement of one of

the groups contributing to the sulfonium function. Which group is elim-
inated is determined by the relative electron release effects among the three
substituents which, in turn, often vary with changes in the acidity of the
medium. Decomposition can thus lead to a variety of products and the
biochemical significance of methionine sulfonium salts, accordingly, would
not appear to be limited to transmethylation phenomena alone.
The simplest case is presented by the methylsulfonium salt of methionine
which has only two alternatives for decomposition.
RSMez+ + RSMe + Me+ (3)
RSMe2+ - Me8 + R+ (4)

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Previous investigations of methionine sulfonium salts have revealed that,
in general, the pathway of decomposition is related to the acidity (9), that
the methylsulfonium salt evolves dimethyl sulfide from alkaline solution at
temperatures of 90” or higher (lo), and that, on boiling aqueous solutions
of the sulfonium salt derived from methionine and “mustard gas,” products
corresponding to both Reactions 3 and 4 are formed (11).
Our results show that the methionine methylsulfonium salt in the form
Me$S+R(NH,+)COOH decomposes according to Reaction 3, while MezS+R-
(NH3+)COO- and Me&+R(NH2)COO- d ecompose according to Reaction
4. Reaction 3 is the reverse of formation of the sulfonium salt (Reaction
1) and takes place in hot acid solution. The rate of reaction varied with
the nature of the acid as follows: 7 N HI > 6 N HCI > 6 N HBr > 16 to
18 N HzS04, no decomposition being detected in 16 to 18 N H&04.2 The
acid HX, by its influence on the equilibrium MeOH + HX 4 MeX +
HzO, determines the reactivity and volatility of the ester MeX and hence
the rate and extent of Reaction 3. With HI, Reaction 3 is followed by
similar decomposition of methionine (12) and both methyl groups of the
sulfonium salt are quantitatively eliminated as methyl iodide. Accord-
ingly, the results of demethylation procedures for the estimation of methi-
onine must be taken advisedly if conditions admit of sulfonium salt
formation (13). In concentrated HCl, methanol formed a sulfonium salt
with methionine, but the reaction ceased at about 70 per cent conversion
and decomposition ensued owing presumably to the volatility of methyl
chloride. The reversibility of Reaction 3 in concentrated HCl and the
2 Dr. J. A. Stekol (unpublished data) of this Institute has established that CP-
methyl-labeled methionine, when refluxed for 30 minutes in 18 N H2S04 with 1, 2, 4,
and 8 moles of methanol, yields the methylsulfonium salt (isolated both as the phos-
photungstate and bromide) without any loss of radioactivity; i.e., there is no dilution
of methyl groups of the sulfonium salt and consequently little tendency for Reaction
3 in sulfuric acid.
 T. F. LAVINE, N. F. FLOYD, AND M. S. CAMMAROTI 111

preferential elimination of the methyl group have long been utilized for the
preparation of S-substituted homocysteine derivatives from methionine
and organic halides (14, 15). Decreasing the concentration of acid de-
creases the rate of Reaction 3, 6 per cent methionine being formed on
refluxing for 4 hours in N HCl in comparison with approximately 40 per
cent in 6 N HCl (see Fig. 1).
Refluxing a solution of methionine methylsulfonium bromide in water
(pH 4.0) led, after 1 hour, to 64 per cent decomposition according to

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FIG. 1. Decomposition of methionine methylsulfonium salts by refluxing in con-
stant boiling halogen acids. 0, 0.9 M methionine methylsulfonium bromide in 6 N
hydrochloric acid; A, 0.9 M methionine methylsulfonium bromide in 6 N hydrobromic
acid. Methionine was determined iodometrically (16).

Reaction 4, a. From the pH of the solution and the dissociation constant

RSMes+Br- + Hz0 - MezS + ROH + HBr (4, a)

pK 7.7 (see the next paragraph), this decomposition represents the be-
havior of the ion Me&+R(NH3+)COO- and it may be concluded that
dissociation of the carboxyl group makes the amino acid moiety the more
labile group. Elimination of the charge on the amino group intensifies this
effect: the sulfonium salt in the presence of 2 equivalents of alkali was
found to be completely decomposed after refluxing for 1 hour; i.e.
RSMezf + OH- - Me&S + ROH (4, b)

Heating of methionine methylsulfonium bromide in the solid state also

results in dimethyl sulfide formation.
112 MBTHIONTNE STJLFONIUM S.1LTS

The titration curve (Fig. 2) shows that methionine methylsulfonium

bromide (pKz 7.7) is a stronger acid than methionine (pKz 9.2), which may
be attributed to the effect of the positive sulfonium group on the amine
acid moiety. In practice about 90 per cent of the acid is titrated at the
turning point of thymol blue.
EXPERIMENTAL

AnaZy2icaZ-Methionine was estimated iodometrically (16); if homo-

cystine was also present, methionine was determined on the filtrate from

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0.5
,CQL//VALE/VTS Of AL/CAL/
FIG. 2. Titration of 0.05 M methionine methylsulfonium bromide with 0.05 M
NaOH. The mid-point of the titration occurs at pH 7.7.

mercuric sulfate precipitation (4). Homocystine was estimated colori-

metrically (17). The form01 titration and the Volhard procedure were
used for the routine estimation of amino nitrogen and bromide. A modifi-
cation of the Baernstein apparatus was used for the estimation of methyl
groups (18, 19). Digestion for 4 hours with 1 ml. of solution and 10 ml.
of constant boiling hydriodic acid yielded the following results expressedas
per cent of the theoretical methyl group content: 0.1 M methionine, 93.0,
93.6; 0.1 M N-acetylmethionine, 94.2; 0.05 M methionine methylsulfonium
bromide, 96.2, 96.7. No correction for a blank was found necessary. The
methionine value is in essential agreement with the result obtained by
Kassell and Brand (20). About 90 per cent of the methyl groups of the
sulfonium salt were eliminated in 1 hour.
Sulfonium salts were precipitated by the addition of a slight excess of
 T. F. LAVINE, N. F. FLOYD, AND M. 8. CAMMAROTI 113

phosphotungstic acid to a lo-fold aqueous dilution of the reaction mixture.

On the basis of results with the methylsulfonium salt (4) the equivalent
weights per nitrogen mere calculated as 2138 plus the molecular weight of
the hydrosy compound. The methyl- and ethylsulfonium phosphotung-
states wcrc soluble in hot acid-alcohol mixtures (1 to 2 N H&O* or HCI
made up in 50 per cent ethanol or methanol) but insoluble in the cold.
The remaining phosphotungstates of Table I were soluble in the cold al-
coholic mixture. Sulfonium bromides were prepared from the phospho-
tungstates by the procedure previously described (4). m-Methionine was
used throughout.
DL-Methionine Ethylsulfonium Bromide-Over-all yield, 42.5 per cent;
equivalent weight from Br-, 260, from NHZ-N, 259; theory, 258; m.p.,

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146-147’ with decomposition.
DL-Methionine Isopropylsulfonium Bromide-Over-all yield, 68 per cent;
equivalent weight from Br-, 282, from NHz-N, 263; theory, 272; m.p.,
131-131.5” with decomposition. A strong odor of presumably isopropyl-
methyl sulfide developed on storage.
Reaction with Phenol and Related Compounds-p-Phenolsulfonic acid be-
haved similarly to phenol and prevented the decomposition of methionine
in hot HzS04. A likely explanation of the protective action is that the
phenolic compound forms a sulfonium salt in hot solution which on cooling
or dilution spontaneously decomposes to the original components somewhat
as the tert-butylsulfonium salt and the sulfonium salt derived from methi-
onine and mustard gas3 (11). On the other hand, the presence of phenol
did not affect the rate of sulfonium salt formation by methanol.
p-Methoxyphenylsulfonic acid (2 moles) was found to be an efficient
methylating agent in hot 15 N HzSO+ a 90 per cent yield of methionine
methylsulfonium phosphotungstate being obtained after refluxing for 2
hours.
DL-Methionine Carboxyethylsulfonium Salt. /3-Propiolactone-6.3 ml. (100
mM) of P-propiolactone were dissolved in 25 ml. of water and 7.5 gm. (50
mM) of methionine added. The methionine dissolved slowly with heat
evolution over a period of about 2 hours. At this point only 16 per cent
of the methionine remained. The solution was then made 15.8 N in sul-
furic acid and allowed to stand overnight at room temperature, whereupon
the methionine value was 2.8 per cent of that added. The mixture was
diluted with 10 volumes of water and 105 gm. of phosphotungstic acid in
200 ml. of 2 N sulfuric acid were added. The precipitate was filtered,
washed with dilute hydrochloric acid until sulfate-free, and dried in vacua
over sodium hydroxide; yield 103 gm.
3 In this connection, it is interesting to note that iodobenaene, apparently, does
not form a sulfonium salt in concentrated HCl (21).
I14 METHIONINE SULFONIUM SALTS

P-Bromopropionic Acid-A solution (50 ml.) 1 M in methionine, 1 M in

P-hrom.opropionic acid, and 6.6 M in hydrobromic acid was allowed to
stand for 16 hours at room temperature and then heated on the steam bath
for 1 hour. The methionine concentration at these intervals was 0.656 and
0.098 M, respectively. The addition of phosphotungstic acid yielded 99
gm. of precipitate. Phosphotungstic acid was removed from the precipi-
tate by tetraethylammonium bromide in 75 per cent methanol and the
filtrate evaporated to a thick syrup; weight, 18.9 gm.; water, 7.4 per cent;
amino N, 42.4 mM; bromide, 93.2 mM; acid (to methyl red), 84.2 mM;
methionine, 1.07 mM.* These results (on a dry basis) indicate a mixture
of 42.2 IllM of methionine carboxyethylsulfonium bromide hydrobromide
(theory, 50 mM) and 9 mM of tetraethylammonium bromide. The syrup

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was soluble in ethanol from which it was precipitated by ether as a viscous
oil. Neutralization, in an alcoholic solution, of the hydrobromic acid, i.e.
one-third of the total acidity, by alcoholic ammonia (0.14 M in 99 per cent
ethanol) yielded a white amorphous precipitate, which after washing with
absolute ethanol amounted to 55 per cent of the theory for methionine
carboxyethylsulfonium bromide; molecular weight, 302; found, 307 by the
Volhard titration and 313 by neutralization; no 12 consumption at pH 7.4
Oxidation by iodate in N HCl was negligible after 15 minutes but amounted
to 1.5 atoms of 0 per 300 gm. after 28 hours, suggesting decomposition.6
On standing the solid material underwent a marked change in physical
state, accompanied by formation of an intense odor. Attempts to produce
the thetin by a similar neutralization procedure resulted in precipitation of
mixtures of the thetin and sulfonium bromide which evidently reflected the
equilibrium among the various ionic forms on neutralization.
Decomposition of Methionine Methylsulfonium Bromide-Demethylation
by refluxing in HI has been discussed. The action of concentrated HCl
and HBr is shown in Fig. 1. A solution of 0.05 M methionine methylsul-
fonium bromide in N HCl yielded 2 and 5.6 per cent methionine, respec-
tively, after refluxing for 2 and 4 hours. There was no dimethyl sulfide
formation; i.e., the loss of methyl groups was in agreement with the amount
of methionine formed. Solutions of the methylsulfonium salt in 2 N HCl
were evaporated to semidryness on a water bath (time, 10 to 30 minutes)
without any loss of methyl groups.
A solution of methionine methylsulfonium bromide (0.0521 M) in water
was refluxed for 4 hours. The increase in acidity after 1 and 4 hours was,
4 A black periodide is formed at pH 7 which reacts with thiosulfate without loss
of 1%
5 The above results also indicate the absence of S-(2-carboxyethyl)homocysteine
(kindly furnished by Dr. J. A. Stekol) which behaves like methionine on oxidation
by iodine and iodate.
 T. F. LAVINE, N. F. FLOYD, AND M. S. CAMMAROTI 115

respectively, 63.7 and 92.1 per cent of the theory for Reaction 4, a. No
methionine was found by iodine titration and the loss of methyl groups was
91 per cent of the theory.
A solution of 0.0516 M methionine methylsulfonium bromide and 0.1052
M NaOH was refluxed for 1 hour. The decrease in alkalinity and the loss

0.D. D
10

D
3.0

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0.d

A s C

FIG. 3. Absorption spectra of tetraethylammonium bromide in water (Curve A),

methionine methylsulfonium bromide in 0.1 N HCl (E (molar extinction coefficient)
= 4.0 at 238 rnp) (Curve B), and homocysteine thiolactone hydrochloride in water
(E = 4427 at 238 m,u) (Curve C). The inset shows the results obtained with 2.5 X
1OP 1~ homocysteine thiolactone hydrochloride (Curve C) and an aqueous solution
of the product isolated after treatment of methionine methylsulfonium bromide
with HI (Curve D) as described in the text. The measurements were made with a
Beckman model DU quartz spectrophotometer.

of methyl groups were 101 and 99 per cent, respectively, of the theory for
Reaction 4, b. There was no evidence of olefin formation, as indicated by
the absence of bromination with iodate and bromide. The homoserine to
be expected from the reaction was isolated as the lactone by utilizing the
procedure of Livak et al. (22). The alkaline reaction mixture from 10
m&t of the methylsulfonium salt was neutralized with sulfuric acid and
evaporated to semidryness in vacua. The residue was treated with ethanol
and filtered from sodium sulfate. Alcohol was removed from the filtrate
116 METHIONINE SULFONIUM SALTS

by distillation and the residue digested with hydrobromic acid. After

removal of the acid in vacua, a crude product (bromide, 92 per cent of the
theory) was obtained in nearly quantitative yield which was recrystallized
from ethanol; yield, 1.0 gm. or 55 per cent of the theory; equivalent weight,
191.6 by the Volhard titration and 192.5 by neutralization (total acidity);
sinters at 212’, m.p. 215-218’ with decomposition; a-amino-y-butyrolac-
tone hydrobromide molecular weight, 182; sinters at 215”, m.p. 221” with
decomposition (20).
Solutions of methionine methylsulfonium salts are relatively stable at
ordinary temperatures and even alkaline solutions may be distilled in
vacua, with a water pump, without decomposition (4).
Identification of Homocysteine Thiolactone-For identification of the thio-

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la&one as a product of hydriodic acid digestion, 1 gm. (4.1 mM) of methi-
onine methylsulfonium bromide was refluxed with 5 ml. of constant boiling
hydriodic acid for 4 hours. The solution was then diluted with 30 ml. of
water and excess phosphotungstic acid added. The precipitate was centri-
fuged, washed with water containing phosphotungstic acid, and extracted
with hot ethanol to yield a solution of the thiolactone phosphotungstate.
Phosphotungstic acid was precipitated from the solution by tetraethyl-
ammonium bromide and the resulting filtrate was decolorized and diluted
to volume. The results of the spectrophotometric analysis shown in the
inset of Fig. 3 indicate that 32 per cent of the methylsulfonium salt was
recovered as homocysteine thiolactone.

SUMMARY

The reaction of hydroxy compounds with methionine in 50 per cent

sulfuric acid was investigated. Methyl, ethyl, propyl, and isopropyl al-
cohols readily yielded the corresponding sulfonium salts in hot acid. tert-
Butyl alcohol formed a sulfonium salt at room temperature which was de-
composed on heating and also on dilution. With threonine and serine,
only the self-decomposition of methionine to homocystine and methionine
methylsulfonium ion occurred.
In the case of phenol and ethanolamine, the formation of a sulfonium
salt was indicated in hot acid, since there was no self-decomposition of
methionine; however, on dilution, reversal of the reaction evidently oc-
curred. Methionine carboxyethylsulfonium bromide was prepared by sev-
eral methods.
The decomposition of methionine methylsulfonium ion was investigated
in some detail. In acid solutions, methionine is regenerated, the rate and
extent of the reaction depending on the nature of the acid present. In
hot neutral and alkaline solutions, dimethyl sulfide is evolved. The pos-
sible importance of the reactions to biological systems has been discussed.
 T. F. LAVINE, N. F. FLOYD, AND M. S. CAMMAROTI 117

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 THE FORMATION OF SULFONIUM
SALTS FROM ALCOHOLS AND
METHIONINE IN SULFURIC ACID
Theodore F. Lavine, Norman F. Floyd and
Mary S. Cammaroti
J. Biol. Chem. 1954, 207:107-118.

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