Journal
CHEMPLUSCHEM
Volume 86, Issue 8, Pages 1097-1105Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100235
Keywords
alkylammonium cation affinity; hydrogen bonding; organobases; proton affinity; proton transfer
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- Spanish MICINN [CTQ2018-094644-B-C22, CTQ2017-87231-P, PID2020-113686GB-I00]
- Comunidad de Madrid [P2018/EMT-4329 AIRTEC-CM]
- Fundacion SenecaCARM [20811/PI/18]
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The alkylammonium cation affinities and proton transfer processes of 64 nitrogen-containing organobases in the gas phase were calculated using DFT methods. Guanidine bases exhibit the highest proton transfer values while cis-2,2'-biimidazole shows the largest affinity towards alkylammonium cations. Experimental and theoretical data are in agreement, indicating that the propensity of an organobase for the proton transfer process is linearly correlated with its proton affinity.
Alkylammonium cation affinities of 64 nitrogen-containing organobases, as well as the respective proton transfer processes from the alkylammonium cations to the base, have been computed in the gas phase by using DFT methods. The guanidine bases show the highest proton transfer values (191.9-233 kJ mol(-1)) whereas the cis-2,2'-biimidazole presents the largest affinity towards the alkylammonium cations (>200 kJ mol(-1)) values. The resulting data have been compared with the experimentally reported proton affinities of the studied nitrogen-containing organobases revealing that the propensity of an organobase for the proton transfer process increases linearly with its proton affinity. This work can provide a tool for designing senors for bioactive compounds containing amino groups that are protonated at physiological pH.
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