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. 2021 Jan 20;6(4):2824–2835. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05138

Table 6. Average pKa Values of Individual Nitrogen Atoms of the Indicated Aminoglycosides Using 1H, 13C, and 1H-15N HMBC NMR Spectroscopies.

  individual nitrogen atoms
aminoglycoside N-1 N-3 N-2′ N-6′ N-2‴ N-6‴
2-deoxystreptamine (n = 3) 9.26 7.00        
1H 9.25 ± 0.05 6.97 ± 0.04        
13C 9.35 ± 0.10 7.03 ± 0.05        
15N 9.20 ± 0.05 7.01 ± 0.05        
neamine (n = 2) 7.60 6.51 7.11 8.31    
1H 7.62 ± 0.03 6.50 ± 0.04 7.10 ± 0.05 8.34 ± 0.05    
13C 7.60 ± 0.05 6.55 ± 0.05 7.05 ± 0.05 8.25 ± 0.05    
15N 7.60 ± 0.05 6.50 ± 0.05 7.20 ± 0.10 8.35 ± 0.05    
neomycin (n = 2) 8.08 6.86 7.98 8.65 8.03 8.76
1H 8.10 ± 0.07 6.90 ± 0.02 8.00 ± 0.05 8.67 ± 0.05 8.05 ± 0.05 8.73 ± 0.05
13C 8.00 ± 0.05 6.90 ± 0.05 8.00 ± 0.05 8.70 ± 0.04 8.15 ± 0.06 8.86 ± 0.10
15N 8.15 ± 0.10 6.80 ± 0.05 7.95 ± 0.07 8.60 ± 0.05 7.90 ± 0.10 8.71 ± 0.07
paromomycin 8.11 6.50 8.06   8.10 9.08
1H 8.25 6.45 8.10   8.20 9.15
13C 8.10 6.55 8.00   8.11 9.00
15N 8.00 6.50 8.10   8.00 9.10
streptomycin 13.06 12.06 8.16      
1H 13.20 12.10 8.38      
13C 13.02 11.95 8.11      
15N 12.97 12.15 8.01