title: Aminocyclodextrins to facilitate the deprotonation of 4-tert-butyl-alpha-nitrotoluene.
abstract: 6A-Amino-6A-deoxy-beta-cyclodextrin enhances the rate of the deprotonation of 4-tert-butyl-alpha-nitrotoluene. The rate constants for reaction of the cyclodextrin-bound species, kinc = 4 x 10(-3), 9 x 10(-3) and 19 x 10(-3) s(-1), at pH 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0, respectively, in 0.1 mol dm(-3) aqueous phosphate buffer containing 1% methanol at 298 K. These rate constants correspond to a rate acceleration (kinc/kun) of ca. 10 times at each pH. Under the same conditions, 6A-dimethylamino-6A-deoxy-beta-cyclodextrin and 6A-(2-aminoethylamino)-6A-deoxy-beta-cyclodextrin are more effective; at pH 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0, for the former, kinc = 3 x 10(-2), 7 x 10(-2) and 12 x 10(-2) s(-1), whilst for the latter, kinc = 4 x 10(-2), 5 x 10(-2) and 9 x 10(-2) s(-1), respectively. Each cyclodextrin also decreases the pKa of the nitrotoluene, from 6.8 in free solution, to 6.2 when bound. The accelerated deprotonation by 6A-amino-6A-deoxy-beta-cyclodextrin is reflected in the enhanced rates of hydrogen-deuterium exchange of the nitrotoluene in deuterium oxide, and in the conjugate addition of the nitrotoluene to methyl vinyl ketone in aqueous solution.
authors.affiliation: Research School of Chemistry, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Easton
authors.forename: Kitty
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Stephen F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lincoln
mesh_terms: D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D014050:Toluene / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003505:Cyclodextrins; D014050:Toluene