Experimental and theoretical approaches to the protonation of thiourea:: A convenient nucleophile in coordination chemistry revisited
Experimental and theoretical approaches to the protonation of thiourea:: A convenient nucleophile in coordination chemistry revisited
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DOI:
10.1002/zaac.200500157
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发表时间:
2005-01-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
van Eldik, R
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作者:
Schiessl, WC;Summa, NK;van Eldik, R
The protonation of thiourea was reinvestigated in aqueous and non-aqueous media using potentiometric, UV-vis, NMR, MS spectroscopy, as well as DFT calculations. In aqueous medium, no evidence for protonation could be found in the pH range 0 to 7, in agreement with typical pK(a) values (acid dissociation constants of protonated thiourea) quoted in the literature of around - 1.2. Most of the protonation constants quoted in the literature are incorrect and apparently refer to pK, values. Protonation of thiourea occurs at a much higher pK, value in methanol and in water-dioxane mixtures, which must be related to the stabilization of the protonated species in such media.