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Physical Image vs. Structure Relation. Part 3 [1]. Basic Properties and Protonation Mechanism of Some Tetraaza Macrocyclic Ligands

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The protonation constants, log K, for 1,4,7,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (isocyclam, 2), 1-(2-aminoethyl)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (scorpiand, 3), 5,12-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (Me2cyclam, 4) and 5,5,7,12,14,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11- tetraazacyclotetradecane (Me6cyclam, 5) were determined pH-metrically. Attempts of correlation of the calculated enthalpy of protonation in the gas phase (AM1 method) with experimental values of the protonation constants for ligands 1, 2, 4–7 were done 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane, cyclam, 1; 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclotetradecane, cyclen, 6; 1,4,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane, (N-Me)4cyclam, 7. Extensive NMR pH-titrations, i.e., determination of pH vs. chemical shifts (1H and/or 13C) plots, (δX = f(pH), allowed to suggest the most likely protonation schemes of all nitrogen atoms in the cyclic polyamines 1–3. The possibility of the formation-breaking of the intramolecular hydrogen bonds, as well as the change of conformation of these polybasic macrocycles during protonation-deprotonation steps, has been considered on the basis of the supplementary theoretical calculations (MMX/STO-3G study).

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Nazarski, R.B. Physical Image vs. Structure Relation. Part 3 [1]. Basic Properties and Protonation Mechanism of Some Tetraaza Macrocyclic Ligands. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena 35, 251–260 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008199016005

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