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. 2020 May 5;49(3):279–288. doi: 10.1007/s00249-020-01433-0

Table 6.

pKa values of some carboxylic acids, thiophenol and mercaptopyridine immobilized on surfaces and dissolved in solutions

Surface immobilized acid pKa Acid dissolved in solution pKa References
4-Mercaptopyridine 4.6 1.4 Bryant and Crooks (1993)
4-Aminothiophenol 6.9 4.3
HS(CH2)2COOH 6.5–8.4 4.3 Burris et al. (2008)
HS(CH2)15COOH 8.0, 6.4 4.5 Chechik et al. (2000)
HS(CH2)10COOH 5.5–8.5 4.5
HS(CH2)7COOH 8.0 4.5
HS(CH2)5COOH 6.0 4.5
HS(CH2)2COOH 5.8, 8.0 4.5