Review Article

Protonation Equilibria of Biologically Active Ligands in Mixed Aqueous Organic Solvents

Table 9

Protonation constants of α-amino acid esters in water-1,4-dioxane mixtures Temp. = 25°C and  mol·dm−3 NaCla.

EstersWater20% D—80% W
()
40% D—60% W
()
60% D—40% W
()

GlyO-Me117.677.477.186.85
GlyO-t-Bu118.388.217.916.97
ValO-Me117.537.387.096.08
ValO-Et118.868.017.156.58
ValO-t-Bu119.058.547.717.13
SerO-Me117.106.996.696.61
SerO-Et117.467.256.846.79
LeuO-Me117.667.477.196.32
LeuO-Et117.757.787.316.73
LeuO-t-Bu117.898.047.606.95
PheO-Me117.116.666.426.01
PheO-Et118.127.246.816.24
PheO-t-Bu118.267.396.966.64

Note. D = dioxane, W = water; adata taken from ref. [44]. corresponds to 11 species (i.e., L + H+ LH).