Ring size, protonation

The 1,3-xylyl trick was also used for the incorporation of phenols into crown ethers. Three classes of phenols [46a]-[46c] have been investigated. They differ by their substituents in the 4-position. In Table 22 the pX a values of different macrocyclic phenols [46a]-[46c] are compared. The data obtained for the phenol-containing crowns [46a] and [46b] show very little evidence for a macrocyclic effect. No extra stabilization of the protonated (acidic) form by a macrocycle of appropriate ring size was found. The acidities of the macrocyclic phenols [46a] and [46b] were independent of the ring size and comparable to non-macrocyclic analogues. However, the azo-substituted crowns [46c] showed a difference of 0.8 pACg units which was not expected from the pAfa values of [46a] and [46b]. TTiis different behaviour of [46c] is not yet understood. 

In the case of 1,3-butadiene, the chemical shifts of inner (H2, H3) protons and outer (HI, H4) is large, while in the case of cycloalkadienes (e.g. 1,3-cyclopentadiene and 1,3-cyclohexadiene), the difference is very small. It is interesting to note that in 1,3,5-cycloheptatriene, the chemical shifts of three kinds of olefinic protons are very diverse. The effect of the ring size and in the chemical shifts of radialenes was also included. 

Although the structure of the complex arising from I52/CH2CI2 is not clear, this catalyst is excellent in terms of ease of preparation. The catalyst is very active for formation of cycloalkynes with ring sizes different from those of diynes (Table 6.5). In contrast to tungsten alkylidyne complex 150, catalyst 152/ CH2CI2 is sensitive toward an acidic proton such as amide proton and exhibited remarkable tolerance towards many polar functional groups (Table 6.5). 

The basicities of saturated heterocycles are similar to those of analogous open chain systems, with the exception of three-membered heterocycles, in which the basicity is markedly reduced. Table 1 gives pvalues for the equilibria between free and monoprotonated heterocycles. As the ring size increases, the protonated species become more stable and the pKa values approach those of the open chain analogues. Increasing basicity (thiirane < oxirane < aziridine) prevails in gas phase proton affinities (Table 2) (80JA5151). 

Zn complexes with the cyclic triamines (6) have also been investigated.216 Formation of the 1 1 complex occurs in a single step, but with some of the larger ligands loss of a proton occurs before any noticeable metal-ligand interaction occurs. Some hydrolysis of the [ZnL]2+ complexes is observed the stability increases as the ring size decreases, in agreement with predictions from molecular models. 

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