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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Res Toxicol. 2020 May 19;33(7):1729–1735. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00008

Table 1.

pKa Values for Acids in 100% Water (Low Ionic Strength)

acid 25 °C 37 °C
nicotine pKa,1 = 3.10,a pKa,2 = 8.01a pKa,1 = 2.77,b pKa,2 = 7.65b
benzoic pKa = 4.20c pKa = 4.20c
vanillin pKa = 7.38c pKa = 7.27c
levulinic pKa = 4.64d (18 °C)
a

Barlow and Hamilton (1962).19

b

Clayton, Vas et al. (2016).20

c

Christensen and Hansen (1976).21

d

Kortüm, Vogel, and Andrussow (1961).22