| The Effect of Hydrogen Bonds on pKa's: The Importance of Networking. | |
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PMID: 22656241 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The pKa of an acyclic aliphatic heptaol ((HOCH2CH2CH(OH)CH2)3COH) was measured in DMSO and its gas-phase acidity is reported as well. This tertiary alcohol was found to be 1021 times more acidic than tert-butanol in DMSO and an order of magnitude more acidic than acetic acid (i.e., pKa = 11.4 vs 12.3). This can be attributed to a 21.9 kcal mol-1 stabilization of the charged oxygen center in the conjugate base by three hydrogen bonds, and another 6.3 kcal mol-1 stabilization resulting from an additional three hydrogen bonds between the uncharged primary and secondary hydroxyl groups. Charge delocalization by both the first and second solvation shells maybe used to facilitate enzymatic reactions. Acidity constants of a series of polyols were also computed, and the combination of hydrogen bonding and electron withdrawing substituents was found to afford acids that are predicted to be extremely acidic in DMSO (i.e., pKa < 0). These hydrogen bond enhanced acids represent an attractive class of BrØnsted acid catalysts. |
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Alireza Shokri; Azardokht Abedin; Alireza Fattahi; Steven Robert Kass |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-6-2 |
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Title: Journal of the American Chemical Society Volume: - ISSN: 1520-5126 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jun |
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Created Date: 2012-6-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7503056 Medline TA: J Am Chem Soc Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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