The attack of a thiolate ion on the trisulfide unit of natural calicheamicin γ (1) activates it to form a diradical, which then attacks DNA. Thioacetate 2 is even more readily activated—under mildly basic conditions caused by OH- ions—and likewise exhibits extremely interesting biological properties.
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