Direct determination of thiol pKa by isothermal titration microcalorimetry

Knowledge of the acid dissociation constant (pKa) of a molecule is a critical step toward understanding its structure and reactivity. Current methods for pKa measurement, including electrochemical, spectroscopic, and spectrophotometric titrations, have proven to be useful but also have significant limitations. To overcome these limitations, we report the use of isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) as a new method for pKa determination. We demonstrate by the measurement of the pKa values for free cysteine, glutathione, and a cysteine residue in a protein that this method is rapid and accurate.     

pKa determinations of xanthene derivates in aqueous solutions by multivariate analysis applied to UV-Vis spectrophotometric data

Xanthenes form to an important class of dyes which are widely used. Most of them present three acid-base groups: two phenolic sites and one carboxylic site. Therefore, the pKa determination and the attribution of each group to the corresponding pKa value is a very important feature. Attempts to obtain reliable pKa through the potentiometry titration and the electronic absorption spectrophotometry using the first and second orders derivative failed. Due to the close pKa values allied to strong UV-Vis spectral overlap, multivariate analysis, a powerful chemometric method, is applied in this work. The determination was performed for eosin Y, erythrosin B, and bengal rose B, and also for other synthesized derivatives such as 2-(3,6-dihydroxy-9-acridinyl) benzoic acid, 2,4,5,7-tetranitrofluorescein, eosin methyl ester, and erythrosin methyl ester in water. These last two compounds (esters) permitted to attribute the pKa of the phenolic group, which is not easily recognizable for some investigated dyes. Besides the pKa determination, the chemometry allowed for estimating the electronic spectrum of some prevalent protolytic species and the substituents effects evaluation.     

Acidity constants in different media (I=0 and I=0.1 M KCl) from the uncertainty perspective

Procedures for estimating the measurement uncertainty for the acidity constant Ka (or the pKa value) in different media (I=0 and I=0.1 mol L(-1) KCl), as determined by potentiometric titration, are presented. The uncertainty budgets (the relative contributions of the different input quantities to the uncertainty in the result) of the pKa (I=0) and pKa (I=0.1 mol L(-1) KCl) values are compared. Unlike the values themselves, the uncertainties and uncertainty budgets of the values are comparable. The uncertainty estimation procedures are based on mathematical models of pKa measurement and involve the identification and quantification of individual uncertainty sources according to the ISO GUM approach. The mathematical model involves 52 and 48 input parameters for pKa (I=0) and pKa (I=0.1 mol L(-1) KCl), respectively. The relative importance of each source of uncertainty is discussed. In both cases, the main contributors to the uncertainty budget are the uncertainty components due to the hydrogen ion concentration/activity measurement, which provide 63.7% (for pKa (I=0)) and 89.3% (for pKa (I=0.1 mol L(-1) KCl)) of the uncertainty. The remaining uncertainty contributions arise mostly from the limited purity of the acid. From this work, it is clear that the uncertainties of the pKa (I=0.1 mol L(-1) KCl) values tend to be lower than those of the pKa (I=0) values. The main reasons for this are that: (1) the uncertainty due to the residual liquid junction potential is nominally absent in the case of pKa (I=0.1 mol L(-1) KCl) due to the similarly high concentrations of background electrolyte in the calibration solutions and measured solution; (2) the electrode system is more stable in solutions containing the 0.1 mol L(-1) KCl background electrolyte and so the readings obtained in these solutions are more stable.     

Study on the second-order non-linear optical properties of 10-hydrocarbylacridones

Twenty 10-hydrocarbylacridones and 2-methylacridone, 1-hydroxyacridone were synthesized from acridone and characterized by mp, IR, UV, 1H NMR and MS. Using Nd:YAG as a laser source, the second-order harmonic generation (SHG) values of the acridone derivatives were measured in powder state as compared with urea powder. The results showed that the SHG values of some of 10-hydrocarbylacridones were higher than that of urea, while others were lower. Although the hydrocarbyl substituents (R) attached to nitrogen atom of acridone were different in size and electronegativity, they had a little effect on the SHG values of 10-hydrocarbylacridones. Substituents, such as methyl or hydroxy group connected to the phenyl ring, caused a little effect on the SHG values, too, compared with acridone. The ability of R to push electron toward the nitrogen atom or to pull electron from the nitrogen atom play an important role on the maximum wavelengthes of UV-visible absorption of acridone derivatives.     

Evaluation of calibration data in capillary electrophoresis using artificial neural networks to increase precision of analysis

An RP-HPLC study for the pKa determination of a series of basic compounds related to caproctamine, a dibenzylaminediamide reversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, is reported. The 2-substituted analogues, bearing substituents with different electronegativity, were analysed by RP-HPLC by using C18 C4 stationary phases with a mobile phase consisting of mixture of acetonitrile and triethylamine phosphate buffer (pH range comprised between 4 and 10). Typical sigmoidal curves were obtained, showing the dependence of the capacity factors upon pH. In general, the retention of the investigated basic analytes increased with increasing of the pH. The inflection point of the pH sigmoidal dependence was used for the dissociation constant determination at a fixed acetonitrile percentage. When plotting pKa vs. percent of acetonitrile in the mobile phase for two representative compounds, linear regression were obtained: the y intercept gave the aqueous pKa(w). The pKa estimation by HPLC method was found to be useful to underline the difference of benzylamine basicity produced by the ortho aromatic substituents. The variation of pKa values (6.15-7.80) within the series of compounds was correlated with the electronic properties of the ortho-substituents through the Hammett sigma parameter, whereas the ability of substituents to accept H-bond was found to play a role in determining the conformational behavior of the molecules.     

N-丁基-2-乙氧基硫代吖啶酮的光化学反应机理

采用荧光光谱研究了N-丁基-2-乙氧基硫代吖啶酮的光化学反应机理.结果表明:在Xe灯光照下,N-丁基-2-乙氧基硫代吖啶酮转变成了相应的吖啶酮,用紫外-可见光谱和质谱证实了吖啶酮的存在;生成的吖啶酮可被二苯基碘NFDA1 盐猝灭,它们之间的荧光猝灭遵循电子转移的反应机理.实验又证明了由硫代吖啶酮、二苯基碘NFDA1 盐和硫代水杨酸三者组成的光聚合引发体系的引发效果最好.     

多羧基咪唑离子液体的酸性表征

通过电位滴定法测得多羧基咪唑离子液体的离解常数pKa值(25 ℃)在1.43～1.92范围内, 说明多羧基咪唑离子液体酸性接近乙二酸, 比丁二酸以及乙酸强. 由于多羧基咪唑离子液体结构中咪唑环具有较强的吸电子诱导效应, 使多羧基咪唑离子液体具有中等强度的酸性. 三羧基咪唑离子液体酸性比含相同阴离子的二羧基咪唑离子液体酸性强. 阳离子相同、阴离子不同的多羧基咪唑离子液体酸性强弱顺序为: HSO4－ ＞ NO3－ ＞ PF6－ ＞ H2PO4－＞ Cl－、Br－ ＞ CF3CO2－ ＞ BF4－ ＞ CF3SO3－. 同时, 吡啶红外光谱探针法研究表明, 多羧基咪唑离子液体具有Brønsted酸性.     

取代基对α-氨基乙腈热解反应影响的研究

用MINDO/3方法洋细研究了取代基对α-氨基乙腈热消除反应的影响. 研究表明, 对于孤立分子的气相反应, 给电子基使活化势垒降低, 吸电子基使活化势垒上升; 而对OH~-催化下的反应, 给电子基和吸电子基均使活化势垒上升.     

Simultaneous microdetermination of carbon,hydrogen and nitrogen in nitro compounds

Summary A gravimetric method for simultaneous microdetermination of C, H and N is proposed for nitro compounds containing C, H, N, O, Cl and Br, by combustion in an oxygen stream. The accuracy of the determination ofC and H is equal to ±0.2% and that for N ±0.3%.     

若干有机磷化合物中取代基对P=S振动频率的影响

本文研究了若干有机磷化合物的P=S振动频率ν~P=S与取代基的依赖关系。影响ν~P=S的主要因素有两个: 一是取代基的诱导效应, 另一个是取代基的振动与P=S振动所产生的耦合效应。     

The Influence of the Steric Effect of the Substituents on the Phosphorus Acids Dissociation

Abstract

The dissociation processes of a series of phosphoric, phosphonic, and phosphinic acids have been studied by the modified method of potentiometry in water and water-ethanol media at 25°C. The influence of substituents on the acidic properties of these compounds has been investigated. As a measure of the substituents steric effects the R_s constants, calculated on the basis of frontal steric model (1), nave been used. A good linear relationship between pKa values in different media has been found. For all series of acids a linear relationship between pKa values and R_s constants of substituents at phosphorus has also been established. In the case of dialkylphosphates in water, for example, such a relationship is expressed by equation:

pKa = (-0.717 ± 0.028)-(0.556 ± 0.009) R_s

N = 7, R = 0.9932, S_o = 0.011

pKa value rises with the increase of the steric effect of the substituents at phosphorus which may be conditioned by the steric hindrance to the anion solvatation.     

Basicity of nitropyrazoles and their simultaneous spectrophotometric determination

The protonation constants of some 1-, 3(5)-, 3-, 4- and 5-nitropyrazoles have been determined, and compared with those of nitroimidazoles. The effect of the position of the nitro group in the pyrazole and imidazole ring is discussed. The ortho effects of the nitro group in pyrazole and imidazole are compared and found to have identical values. The effect of the nitro group on protonation constants is greater when the nitro group is close to the pyridine nitrogen atom. This, together with the ability of N-unsubstituted nitropyrazoles to dissociate to give nitropyrazole anions, with an accompanying shift of the spectra to longer wavelengths, permits the simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of nitropyrazoles.     

Potentiometric and spectrophotometric pKa determination of water-insoluble compounds: validation study in a new cosolvent system

In this paper the validation of pK_a determination in MDM-water mixtures is presented. The MDM-water mixture is a new multicomponent cosolvent mixture (consisting of equal volumes of methanol, dioxane and acetonitrile, as organic solvents) that dissolves a wide range of poorly water-soluble compounds. The cosolvent dissociation constants (p_sK_a) of 50 chemically diverse compounds (acids, bases and ampholytes) were measured in 15-56 wt% MDM-water mixtures by potentiometric or spectrophotometric titration and the aqueous pK_a values obtained by extrapolation. Three different extrapolation procedures were compared in order to choose the best extrapolation in MDM-water mixture using a sub-set of 30 water-soluble compounds. The extrapolated results are in good agreement with pK_a values measured in aqueous medium. No significant difference was found among these extrapolation procedures thus the widely used Yasuda-Shedlovsky plot was proposed for MDM cosolvent also. Further we also present that the single point estimation based on measurement in 20%/v MDM-mixture using a general calibration equation may be suitable for rapid pK_a determination in the early phase of drug research.     

Synthesis and evaluation of 10-(3,5-dimethoxy)benzyl-9(10H)-acridone derivatives as selective telomeric G-quadruplex DNA ligands

A class of 9(10H)-acridone derivatives with terminal ammonium substituents at C2 (and C7) position(s) on the acridone ring were successfully synthesized. The relative affinities of the acridone compounds to G-quadruplex DNA have been investigated and the results showed that these compounds had a binding specificity for G-quadruplex over duplex sequences. The acridones with two terminal ammonium substituents had much more effects on the human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA than the corresponding acridone derivatives with one terminal ammonium substituent, and more positive charges introduced to the side chains can improve the formation and stabilization of the G-quadruplex.     

Selective reduction of the nitro group in the presence of the azoxy group. Synthesis of 2-(alkyl-NNO-azoxy)anilines

Tin(ii) chloride selectively reduces the aromatic nitro group to the amino group, the azoxy group remaining intact. This allows the preparation of 2-(R-NNO-azoxy)anilines from 2-(R-NNO-azoxy)nitrobenzenes bearing electron-donating or weak electron-withdrawing substituents (Me or Br) in the benzene ring and alkyl substituents at the distal N atom of the azoxy group. The presence of electron-withdrawing substituents at the azoxy group (for example, CO₂Et) leads to a change in the direction of the reaction resulting in selective reduction of the azoxy group to the hydrazo group.     

The Synthesis and Characterization of Ru<Subscript>2</Subscript>(DMBA-X)<Subscript>4</Subscript>Cl<Subscript>2</Subscript> with X as Br and I

New N,N′-dimethylbenzamidine ligands bearing para-Br (HDMBA-Br) and para-I (HDMBA-I) substituents were prepared and crystallographically characterized. The ligand exchange reaction between Ru₂(OAc)₄Cl and HDMBA-X (X = Br and I) afforded the new Ru₂(III) compounds, namely Ru₂(DMBA-X)₄Cl₂, in excellent yields. These new compounds were also characterized with cyclic voltammetric and single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. Dedicated to the memory of Professor F. A. Cotton.     

Br2+Cl2=2BrCl反应机理的理论和实验研究

用(U)MP2方法, 取6-311G*基组, 研究了反应Br2+Cl2=2BrCl的机理, 求得四中心和三中心的过渡态, 通过比较反应通道的活化能的大小, 得到如下结论: 双分子基元反应的最小活化能小于Cl2和Br2的离解能, 在没有光引发的条件下, 标题反应将以分子与分子作用形式完成; 若有光引发, Br2或Cl2先解离成原子, 再经过Br原子与Cl2反应或Cl原子与Br2反应, 能较快完成标题反应. 分别测定了光照和避光两种条件下的反应体系在412 nm处吸光度的变化, 证实了理论研究的结果.     

Substrate-Controlled Hydrogenation of Flavanones: Selective Synthesis of 2′-Hydroxy-1,3-Diarylpropanes and Flavans

A new substrate-controlled hydrogenation of flavanones to selectively obtain different hydrogenation products is herein reported. Thus, hydrogenation of flavanones bearing different electron-donating and electron withdrawing substituents (Cl, Br, Me, OMe, OH) provided the corresponding 1,3-diarylpropanes in excellent yields. This procedure offers a straightforward, simple, and cost-effective method for the preparation of glycosylated 2′-hydroxy-1,3-diarylpropanes derived from natural flavanones such as Naringin and Hesperedin. On the contrary, when the hydrogenation was performed over fluorinated flavanones, the corresponding flavans were selectively obtained in excellent yields.     

Conformations of highly hindered aryl ethers: XV. Mesomeric moments in m-dinitrobenzenes

The dipole moments of fourteen m-dinitrobenzenes with different substituents (OMe, CN, CH₃, CHO, Cl, CF₃, COOMe, F, Br, NH₂) in various positions were measured in order to study mesomeric interactions. Inclusion of conformational considerations permitted estimates to be made for the mesomeric moments of these groups at given positions. The values obtained could be applied with consistent results to a total of forty m-dinitrobenzenes, including others previously reported. The mesomeric moment increments deduced, compared with substituted benzenes possessing no nitro groups, were found to be only slightly larger than in non-nitro substituted benzenes (compared with substituted alkanes), which would indicate a reluctance of the extended π system of m-dinitrobenzene to interact with other substituents present, in any way other than by direct extension of the π network.One apparent case of intermolecular electron donor-acceptor complex formation was detected. The measured dipole moment of o-iodoanisole indicates a planar anti conformation for the methoxyl group.     

Molecular mechanics on bonding and non-bonding interactions in (atom@C60)

The interactions between the embedded atom X (X = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs; F, Cl, Br, I) andC60 cage in the endohedral-form complexes (X@C₆₀) are calculated and discussed according to molecular mechanics from the point of view of the bonding and non-bonding. It is found from the computational results that for atoms with radii larger than Li’s, their locations with the minimum interaction in (X@C₆₀) are at the cage center, while atom Li has an off-center location with the minimum interaction deviation of ~0.05 nm, and the cage-environment in C₆₀ can be regarded as syhero-symmetry in the region with radiusr of ~0.2 nm. It is shown that the interaction between X and C₆₀ cage is of non-bonding characteristic, and this non-bonding interaction is not purely electrostatic. The repulsion and dispersion in non-bonding interactions should not be neglected, which make important contribution to the location with minimum interaction of X, at center or off center. Some rules about the variations of interactions with atomic radii have been obtained. Project supportt:d by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.