pH-partition profiles of 4-(3-oxo-1,2-benzisothiazolin-2-yl)phenyl and phenoxyalkanoic acids
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Claudia Silva1, Marco Mor, Federica Vacondio
1Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/a, I-43100 Parma, Italy.
Abstract:
The 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one nucleus is well known in the medicinal chemistry literature for the variety of biological effects exerted by its derivatives. In the present paper, the dependence of the n-octanol/buffer distribution coefficient (D) on pH of four 4-(3-oxo-1,2-benzisothiazolin-2-yl)phenyl and phenoxyalkanoic acids was investigated, employing the reference shake-flask method. From the analysis of the pH-partition profiles in the chosen partition system, the logP(AH), the logP(A(-)) and the pK(a) values for each compound were determined. The physico-chemical data obtained were compared to the pK(a) and logP values of the corresponding phenyl and phenoxyalkanoic acids, and an estimation of the lipophilic and electronic contribution of the 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one substituent in the para-position is proposed. The 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one nucleus behaves as a lipophilic, moderately electron-withdrawing group.
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