IONIZATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: III. BASICITIES OF PROPIONIC ACID AND PROPIONAMIDE
- 1 May 1962
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 40 (5) , 966-975
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v62-145
Abstract
Protonation constants (pKBH+) of −6.8 and −0.9 have been determined for propionic acid and propionamide, respectively, from measurements of their ultraviolet absorption in various concentrations of sulphuric acid. The ionization ratio of propionamide and of other amides increases more slowly than the Hammett acidity function, h0, with increase in acid concentration. This may be explained by assuming that in a given concentration of sulphuric acid the protonated amide is more heavily hydrated than the protonated Hammett indicator used to establish the h0 scale for this region of acid concentrations.Keywords
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