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. 2016 Sep 27;6:34024. doi: 10.1038/srep34024

Table 1. Protonation constants log KiH of L1–3H6 and other related compounds.

  Ligand
L1H6a L2H6a L3H6a L4H6b L5H6c L6H6d
log K1H 12.9e 12.9e 12.9e 12.9e 12.9e 12.9e
log K2H 12.1e 12.1e 12.1e 12.1e 12.1e 12.1e
log K3H 11.3e 11.3e 11.3e 11.26 11.3e 11.3e
log K4H 8.98 (5) 8.91 (6) 8.86 (8) 8.75 8.55 9.26
log K5H 7.56 (8) 7.52 (4) 7.43 (2) 8.61 7.5 8.65
log K6H 6.16 (7) 6.13 (5) 6.0 (5) 6.71 6.0 7.86
log K7H 5.88
Averagef 7.57 7.52 7.43 7.49 7.36 8.59

aDetermined by spectrophotometric titration: [L1–3H6] = 2 × 10−5 M; μ = 0.10 M KCl; T = 298.2 K; pH range = 6.5–10.0; 5.0 vol % methanol aqueous solution.

bRef. 30, μ = 0.10 M KNO3.

cRef. 31, 5.0 vol % methanol aqueous solution.

dRef. 32, μ = 0.10 M KNO3.

eEstimated values.

fAverage KiH of the three more acidic catecholamide protonation constants: ∑(log K4H + log K5H + log K6H)/3.