Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1990, 55, 72-79
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19900072
Acidity in water (pKa values) of carboxylic acids derived from simple heterocycles (azoles and azines)
Carlos Cativielaa, Jean-Louis Dejardinb, José Elgueroc, José I. Garciaa, Emmanuel Gonzalezb and José A. Mayorala
a Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, CSIC, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
b Laboratoires de Physique Appliquée et de Chimie Organique, Université de Perpignan, 66025 Perpignan, France
c Instituto de Química Médica, CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Abstract
The pKa of eighteen heterocyclic carboxylic acids derived from thiophene, furan, pyrrole, benzothiophene, benzofuran, indole, pyridine and quinoline have been determined by spectrophotometry and potentiometry. The values thus obtained are discussed using additive models of the Free-Wilson type. Some theoretical calculations within the AM1 approximation have been carried out in order to understand why annelation effects are dependent on the position, α or β, of the carboxylic group. In the case of pyridine and quinoline carboxylic acids, the problem of tautomerism between neutral and zwitterionic forms has been considered.
