Abstract:The gas phase acidities
(GA) of 5,5-alkylbarbituric acids have
been experimentally determined by electrospray ionization-triple quadrupole
(ESI-TQ) mass spectrometry and by using the extended kinetic Cooks
method (EKCM). The GAs of C–H (1330.9 ± 10.0 kJ mol–1) and N–H (1361.5 ± 10.5 kJ mol–1) deprotonated sites of bifunctional barbituric acid were determined
from the selective production of their corresponding heterodimers.
The GA value in the N–H site was confirmed by measuring the
GAs of 5,5-dimethyl- and 5,… Show more
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