Basicity of a novel macrocycle containing thiopyrimidine and uracil moieties in various water-organic mixtures

Abstract

The acid–base behavior of the novel macrocycle, containing thiopyrimidine and uracil moieties 32-trimethyl-23,36-dioxo-15,19-dithio-2,9,13,20,24,31,34,35-octaazatatracyclo [28,3,110,14,120,24]hexatriacontaheptaen-1(34),10(35),11,13,21,30,32 (1) and the acyclic 1,6-bis[4-(N,N-dimethylamino)-6-methylpyrimidinile-2-thio]hexane (2) were studied by potentiometric, UV-Vis, 1H, NMR spectroscopic methods in water–dimethyl sulfoxide (methanol, 1,4-dioxane) solutions and at the interface between water and chloroform phases. The data obtained indicate, that thiopyrimidine nitrogens are the protonation sites of both 1 and 2. The protonation of 2 occurs in one step, while 1 is protonated stepwise in the pH range 9–2.5. The NMR data indicate that the intramolecular interaction between protonated pyrimidine and uracil moieties is the main reason for the stabilization of protonated forms of 1. The protonation constants of 1 were found to be different in various water–organic mixtures, which is in accord with the different 1H NMR spectra of 1 in various solvents. The protonation of 1 at the water–organic phase boundary is effected by the extraction of [1·2H]2+ into the aqueous phase, which can be regarded as a way of obtaining its water -soluble form.