Table 3. Amides and imides examined in this work. The dimerisation constants, Kdimer, were measured in CDCl3 at 25 °C. The reported pKa values in DMSO and H2O are show in square brackets and parentheses respectively.
| Key | Structure | K dimer a (M–1) | pKa | Key | Structure | K dimer a (M–1) | pKa | Key | Structure | K dimer a (M–1) | pKa |
| A1 |
|
2.7 | [24.2]24 | I1 |
|
1.4, Kcorr: 0.4 b | (11.4) c ,25 | I8 |
|
8.6 | (9.0) d ,26 |
| A2 |
|
8.3 | [20.8]27 | I2 |
|
3.3, Kcorr: 0.8 b | [14.7] c ,33 (9.6) c ,28 | I9 |
|
12.7 (ref. 29) | (9.3) d ,29 |
| A3 |
|
1.0 (ref. 30) | I3 |
|
2.1, Kcorr: 0.5 b | [13.4] c ,31 (10.2) c ,32 | I10 |
|
3.1 (ref. 29) | (8.2) d ,29 | |
| A4 |
|
740.0 | [17.0]33, (11.7)34 | I4 |
|
1.2, Kcorr: 0.3 b | (4.4)35 | I11 |
|
5.3 (ref. 29) | (8.7) d ,29 |
| A5 |
|
1.8 | [26.6]24 | I5 |
|
2.6 | (9.7) e ,36 | I12 |
|
8.0 (ref. 37) | (9.0) d ,26 |
| A6 |
|
8.0 | [18.5]27 | I6 |
|
4.1 (ref. 8) | I13 |
|
5.0 (ref. 37) | (7.9) d ,38 | |
| A7 |
|
7.6 | I7 |
|
2.7 (ref. 8) | (8.4) e ,39 |
aThe values of Kdimer were determined with errors lower than 2% (see Fig. S2–S13 in the ESI).
bStatistical factor applied to imides with equivalent (or nearly equivalent) carbonyls and value of the corresponding corrected self-association constant (Kcorr).
cpKa of the compound without alkyl substituents.
dpKa of the species without alcohol protecting groups.
eData for molecules with a methyl instead of a cyclohexyl substituent.