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Basicity of Some Pyridinophanes in Gas Phase and Acetonitrile – a DFT Study
Author(s) -
Despotović Ines
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201801449
Subject(s) - intramolecular force , chemistry , steric effects , affinities , hydrogen bond , acetonitrile , pyridine , proton , gas phase , proton affinity , crystallography , stereochemistry , computational chemistry , molecule , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , protonation , ion , physics , quantum mechanics
The gas phase proton affinities and basicities of a [1.1.1]‐(2,6)‐pyridinophane and its derivatives having one ‐CH 2 ‐ bridge replaced by ‐CH=CH‐ and ‐CH 2 ‐CH 2 ‐ are examined by the DFT B3LYP/6‐311+G(2df,p)//B3LYP/6‐31G(d) method. The calculated proton affinities are within the range of 253.8 and 294.8 kcal mol −1 . The upper‐scale basicity is consequence of unfavorable steric interactions in neutral bases and diminishing of former in conjugate acids with forming of intramolecular hydrogen bonds (IMHB) being amplified by substitution in the para position of pyridine rings by electron‐releasing substituents. The inspection of the nature of IMHBs reveals that IMHB is of a bifurcated type with energy spanning a range between 5.7 and 7.4 kcal mol −1 . The basicities of pyridinophanes are examined in acetonitrile. It is found that their p K a values span a range between 18.9 and 31.3 units.