Treatment of amino acids, peptides, and proteins with aqueous solution of dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) resulted in the oxidation of methionine to methionine sulfoxide. In addition to methionine, SH groups are also oxidized, but this reaction proceeds after a lag period of 2 h. Other amino acids are not modified by aqueous Me2SO/HCl. The reaction is strongly pH-dependen...

In the title compound, C(11)H(12)NO(4)PS(2), the dihedral angle between the phthalimidyl ring plane and the PS(2) plane of the phospho-rodithio-ate group is 60.41 (3)°. In the crystal structure, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and S⋯S inter-actions [3.3825 (9) Å] contribute to the stabilization of the packing.