Abstract
[reaction: see text] Experimental and theoretical studies were carried out to interrogate the effect of an imidazole substituent in each of the ortho, meta, and para positions on the pK(a), E degrees , and O-H BDE of phenol. The results reveal that imidazole substitution lowers the pK(a) of phenol and increases the E degrees of phenoxide due to its sigma-electron withdrawing ability (sigma(p)(-) = +0.21, sigma(m)(-) = +0.45) but decreases the O-H BDE and E degrees of phenol due to its pi-electron-donating ability (sigma(p)(+) = -0.45).
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