NMR structural study of the prototropic equilibrium in solution of schiff bases as model compounds

David Ortegón-Reyna, Cesar Garcías-Morales, Itzia Padilla-Martínez, Efren García-Báez, Armando Aríza-Castolo, A. Peraza-Campos, Francisco Martínez-Martínez

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Abstract

An NMR titration method has been used to simultaneously measure the acid dissociation constant (pKa) and the intramolecular NHO prototropic constant δKNHO on a set of Schiff bases. The model compounds were synthesized from benzylamine and substituted ortho-hydroxyaldehydes, appropriately substituted with electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups to modulate the acidity of the intramolecular NHO hydrogen bond. The structure in solution was established by 1H-, 13C- and 15N-NMR spectroscopy. The physicochemical parameters of the intramolecular NHO hydrogen bond (pKa, δKNHO and δδG°) were obtained from 1H-NMR titration data and pH measurements. The Henderson-Hasselbalch data analysis indicated that the systems are weakly acidic, and the predominant NHO equilibrium was established using Polster-Lachmann d-diagram analysis and Perrin model data linearization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)459-481
Number of pages23
JournalMolecules
Volume19
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

  • D-diagram
  • NHO prototropic tautomerism
  • NMR titration
  • Schiff bases

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