Abstract
Keto-enol tautomerism of 2-pyridine carboxaldehyde adducts with ring-substituted 1,3-indandione derivatives observed in neutral solutions, in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is changed by the previously unknown prototropic ring-chain tautomerism with reversible quaternization of pyridine nitrogen. The proposed mechanism of tautomerization includes intramolecular proton transfer from the protonated nitrogen to indandione carbonyl oxygen, with subsequent cyclization of the unstable O-protonated intermediate. Neutralization of TFA leads to recovery of the keto-enol tautomers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 302-309 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Molecular Structure |
Volume | 1074 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 25 Sep 2014 |
Keywords
- DFT and MP2 calculations
- Keto-enol and ring-chain tautomerism
- NMR spectroscopy
- Pyridine carboxaldehyde-indandione adducts
- Tautomerization mechanism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Spectroscopy
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry