Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate


Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate is are a family of closely related drugs used for a metal chelation, induction of G1 phase cell cycle arrest, and preventing induction of nitric oxide synthase.
Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate binds zinc such that the resulting complex can enter the cell and inhibit viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.

Chemistry

Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate is jargon for various salts containing the pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate anion C4H8NS2−. Dithiocarbamic acids are rarely stable. Typical salts are ammonium and the sodium derivatives.