Solvation Effect on Steric Bulk of Ionic Substituents: Imidazolium vs Imidazole
摘要:
To compare the steric bulk of a cationic substituent with that of the corresponding neutral one, the conformational equilibria of cis-N-(4-methylcyclohexyl)imidazole (l-c), cis-N-(4-phenylcyclohexyl)imidazole (2-c), and their conjugate acids were measured by low-temperature NMR. The A value of an imidazolyl group (equatorial-to-axial free-energy change of N-cyclohexylimidazole) is 2.2 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol, in both dichloromethane and methanol. The A value of an N-protonated imidazolyl group in these solvents is 2.2 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol. Within the experimental error of this method, the cationic substituent is the same size as the neutral. To measure the relative sizes more precisely, an NMR, titration method, applicable to a mixture of isomers, was developed. The ratio of acidity constants of cis- and trans-N-(4-phenylcyclohexyl)imidazoles could be determined from the variation of H1 chemical shifts as a 1:1 mixture was titrated with DC1. In aqueous acetone the cis isomer is found to be 0.048 +/- 0.002 pK unit less basic. This corresponds to a Delta A = A(N-imidazolylH+) - A(N-imidazolyl) of 0.089 +/- 0.004 kcal/mol, with the protonated imidazolyl slightly but detectably larger. In CD2Cl2 the difference is smaller, and in DMSO-d(6) it reverses. The significance of this result for the reverse anomeric effect in N-glycosylimidazolium ions is discussed.
Solvation Effect on Steric Bulk of Ionic Substituents: Imidazolium vs Imidazole
摘要:
To compare the steric bulk of a cationic substituent with that of the corresponding neutral one, the conformational equilibria of cis-N-(4-methylcyclohexyl)imidazole (l-c), cis-N-(4-phenylcyclohexyl)imidazole (2-c), and their conjugate acids were measured by low-temperature NMR. The A value of an imidazolyl group (equatorial-to-axial free-energy change of N-cyclohexylimidazole) is 2.2 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol, in both dichloromethane and methanol. The A value of an N-protonated imidazolyl group in these solvents is 2.2 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol. Within the experimental error of this method, the cationic substituent is the same size as the neutral. To measure the relative sizes more precisely, an NMR, titration method, applicable to a mixture of isomers, was developed. The ratio of acidity constants of cis- and trans-N-(4-phenylcyclohexyl)imidazoles could be determined from the variation of H1 chemical shifts as a 1:1 mixture was titrated with DC1. In aqueous acetone the cis isomer is found to be 0.048 +/- 0.002 pK unit less basic. This corresponds to a Delta A = A(N-imidazolylH+) - A(N-imidazolyl) of 0.089 +/- 0.004 kcal/mol, with the protonated imidazolyl slightly but detectably larger. In CD2Cl2 the difference is smaller, and in DMSO-d(6) it reverses. The significance of this result for the reverse anomeric effect in N-glycosylimidazolium ions is discussed.
Solvation Effect on Steric Bulk of Ionic Substituents: Imidazolium vs Imidazole
作者:Charles L. Perrin、Miles A. Fabian、Kathleen B. Armstrong
DOI:10.1021/jo00097a028
日期:1994.9
To compare the steric bulk of a cationic substituent with that of the corresponding neutral one, the conformational equilibria of cis-N-(4-methylcyclohexyl)imidazole (l-c), cis-N-(4-phenylcyclohexyl)imidazole (2-c), and their conjugate acids were measured by low-temperature NMR. The A value of an imidazolyl group (equatorial-to-axial free-energy change of N-cyclohexylimidazole) is 2.2 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol, in both dichloromethane and methanol. The A value of an N-protonated imidazolyl group in these solvents is 2.2 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol. Within the experimental error of this method, the cationic substituent is the same size as the neutral. To measure the relative sizes more precisely, an NMR, titration method, applicable to a mixture of isomers, was developed. The ratio of acidity constants of cis- and trans-N-(4-phenylcyclohexyl)imidazoles could be determined from the variation of H1 chemical shifts as a 1:1 mixture was titrated with DC1. In aqueous acetone the cis isomer is found to be 0.048 +/- 0.002 pK unit less basic. This corresponds to a Delta A = A(N-imidazolylH+) - A(N-imidazolyl) of 0.089 +/- 0.004 kcal/mol, with the protonated imidazolyl slightly but detectably larger. In CD2Cl2 the difference is smaller, and in DMSO-d(6) it reverses. The significance of this result for the reverse anomeric effect in N-glycosylimidazolium ions is discussed.