High Precision Measurement of Isotope Effects on Noncovalent Host-Guest Interactions
Abstract
Isotope effects (IEs) are a powerful tool for examining the reactivity of, and interactions between, molecules. Recently, secondary IEs have been used to probe the nature of noncovalent interactions between guest and host molecules in supramolecular systems. While these studies can provide valuable insight into the specific interactions governing guest recognition and binding properties, IEs on noncovalent interactions are often very small and difficult to measure precisely. The Perrin group has developed an NMR titration method capable of determining ratios of equilibrium constants with remarkable precision. They have used this technique to study small, secondary equilibrium isotope effects (EIEs) on the acidity of carboxylic acids and phenols and on the basicity of amines, measuring differences down to thousandths of a pK{sub a} unit. It occurred to us that this titration method can in principle measure relative equilibrium constants for any process which is fast on the NMR timescale and for which the species under comparison are distinguishable by NMR. Here we report the application of this method to measure very small EIEs on noncovalent host-guest interactions in a supramolecular system.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- Chemical Sciences Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1001080
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-3416E
Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863; JACSAT; TRN: US201101%%821
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 132; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 2011; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37; ACCURACY; AMINES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ISOTOPE EFFECTS; PH VALUE; PHENOLS; PROBES; TITRATION
Citation Formats
Mugridge, Jeffrey S, Bergman, Robert G, and Raymond, Kenneth N. High Precision Measurement of Isotope Effects on Noncovalent Host-Guest Interactions. United States: N. p., 2009.
Web.
Mugridge, Jeffrey S, Bergman, Robert G, & Raymond, Kenneth N. High Precision Measurement of Isotope Effects on Noncovalent Host-Guest Interactions. United States.
Mugridge, Jeffrey S, Bergman, Robert G, and Raymond, Kenneth N. 2009.
"High Precision Measurement of Isotope Effects on Noncovalent Host-Guest Interactions". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1001080.
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title = {High Precision Measurement of Isotope Effects on Noncovalent Host-Guest Interactions},
author = {Mugridge, Jeffrey S and Bergman, Robert G and Raymond, Kenneth N},
abstractNote = {Isotope effects (IEs) are a powerful tool for examining the reactivity of, and interactions between, molecules. Recently, secondary IEs have been used to probe the nature of noncovalent interactions between guest and host molecules in supramolecular systems. While these studies can provide valuable insight into the specific interactions governing guest recognition and binding properties, IEs on noncovalent interactions are often very small and difficult to measure precisely. The Perrin group has developed an NMR titration method capable of determining ratios of equilibrium constants with remarkable precision. They have used this technique to study small, secondary equilibrium isotope effects (EIEs) on the acidity of carboxylic acids and phenols and on the basicity of amines, measuring differences down to thousandths of a pK{sub a} unit. It occurred to us that this titration method can in principle measure relative equilibrium constants for any process which is fast on the NMR timescale and for which the species under comparison are distinguishable by NMR. Here we report the application of this method to measure very small EIEs on noncovalent host-guest interactions in a supramolecular system.},
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journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
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year = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
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