Acid — Base properties of 3(5)-azido-1,2,4-triazoles

The pK_a and values of a series of 3(5)-azido-1,2,4-triazoles are correlated with the _I and _C constants according to the equation pK =_II + _CC + pK_o. The high _I values in both cases are due to the closeness of the substituent to the reaction center. The _C/_I ratio attests to different contributions of the inductive and mesomeric effects of a substituent during transmission of its effect from the 5-position to the N₁ and N₄ heteroatoms.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1288–1291, September, 1974.