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Effect of Pyridine Type Nitrogen (=N-) on Hammett ρ: Invoking the Reactivity-Selectivity Principle: A Chemical Education Perspective

R. Sanjeev, V. Jagannadham*

Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, India

Abstract: Hammett ρ values are estimated for the two acid dissociation equilibriums eqn. 1 and 2 of pyridinium and pyridazenium ions from the Hammett plots of log KaH versus Hammett σ values. The Hammett ρ values are found to be 5.94 and 5.29 for the two equilibriums eqns. 1 and 2 respectively. The effect of extra pyridine type nitrogen (=N-) on Hammett ρ is discussed. Similarly, the average lone pair ionization potentials (IP) of pyridines and pyridazines also followed Hammett equation with Hammett ρ of 1.18 for pyridines and 0.38 for pyridazines respectively. This article is useful in an undergraduate and graduate classroom who tries to study the substituent effects and reactivity-selectivity principle.

Keywords: pyridiene, pyridazine, hammett equation, pKa, lone pair ionization potentials

Received May 08, 2022; Revised June 11, 2022; Accepted June 23, 2022

Citation: R. Sanjeev, V. Jagannadham, Effect of Pyridine Type Nitrogen (=N-) on Hammett ρ: Invoking the Reactivity-Selectivity Principle: A Chemical Education Perspective. World Journal of Chemical Education, 10 (3). 91-94. January 2022. doi:10.12691/wjce-10-3-1

1. Introduction

Pyridine [1] and pyridazine [2] are basic aromatic heterocyclic compounds with molecular formulas C₅H₅N and C₄H₄N₂ respectively. They are structurally related to benzene, with one methine group (=CH−) replaced by a nitrogen atom in pyridine and two methine groups replaced by two adjacent nitrogen atoms in pyridazine respectively. The usual way of quantifying the strength of amines is to examine the pKa of its conjugate acid and abbreviated as pKaH. The values of pKaH of pyridinium [3] and pyridazenium ions [4] and average lone pair ionizations potentials (IP) of neutral pyridines [5] and pyridazines [6] are known. In this article the effect of extra sp2 nitrogen on Hammett ρ is discussed.

2. Methods

All the linear correlations were done using the KaleidaGraph software, Reading, PA, USA. The chemical structures are drawn using chemdraw.

3. Results and Discussion

The two Hammett plots of log KaH versus Hammett σ are given in Figure 1 and Figure 2 for the dissociation equilibriums of pyridinium (eqn. 1) and pyridazenium (eqn. 2) ions respectively. The Hammett ρ values are found to be 5.94 and 5.29 for the two equilibriums eqn. 1 and 2 respectively (Figure 1 and Figure 2, Table 1). Similarly, the average lone pair ionization potentials (IP) of pyridines and pyridazines followed Hammett equation. Two Hammett plots of IP versus Hammett σ are given in Figure 3 and Figure 4 for pyridinines and pyridazines respectively. The Hammett ρ values are found to be 1.18 and 0.38 (Figure 3 and Figure 4).

Table 1. Hammett σ, log KaH and mean IP data of Pyridines and Pyridazines

Figure 1. Plot of log KaH versus Hammett σ for pyridines

Figure 2. Plot of log KaH versus Hammett σ for pyridazines

Figure 3. Plot of IP vs Hammett σ for pyridines

Figure 4. Plot of IP vs Hammett σ for pyridazines

It is noteworthy that for every pyridine type nitrogen (=N-) added to the ring system the mean lone pair ionization potentials (IV/eV) increases systematically by a factor of 0.80 eV [7]. And pKaH decreases systematically by 3-4 units in the azines starting from pyridine to tetrazine [7]. This is attributed by Katrizky in a note [8] to the high electronegativity of nitrogen which decreases the N(1)-H bond energy and makes the proton to dissociate easily resulting in the increase of stability of the conjugate base (N₅⁻) in the context of the explanation of the effect of aza substitution on the N(1)-H acidity which shows how the pKa values of azoles decrease systematically with number of nitrogen atoms, hence is the decrease in pKa.

The pKaH of pyridazenium ion is 2.24 and that of pyridinium ion is 5.27 [7]. The large decrease of pKaH of 3 units from pyridine to pyridazine is just due to the high electronegativity of extra nitrogen. This makes the N-H bond weak, and the proton dissociates easily. Consequently, one can expect smaller substituent effect on the pyridazenium (eqn. 2) ion dissociation equilibrium than that of pyridinium (eqn. 1) ion dissociation equilibrium. This is just a simulation of reactivity-selectivity principle [9]. The more dissociable pyridazenium ion (pKaH = 2.24) is less susceptible to substituent effect (Hammett ρ = 5.29, eqn. 2) compared to less dissociable pyridinium ion (pKaH 5.27) is more susceptible to substituent effect (Hammett ρ = 5.94, eqn. 1). In other words, stronger the acid less will be the substituent effect (Hammett ρ = 5.29, eqn. 2) and weaker the acid more will be the substituent effect (Hammett ρ = 5.94, eqn. 1).

The IP of pyridazine is 9.31 [5] and that of pyridine is 9.85 [6]. The change in IP from pyridine to pyridazine is not much even due to the presence of extra pyridine type nitrogen (=N-) and its high electronegativity compared to the large change in pKaH of 3 units [7]. In fact, an increase in IP from pyridine to pyridazine is expected due to extra pyridine type nitrogen (=N-) and its high electronegativity as the lone pair electrons would be intact. Due to this fact a high substituent effect (Hammett ρ) is also expected compared to that of in pyridines. But larger substituent effect is seen in pyridines (Hammett ρ = 1.18) than in pyridazines (Hammett ρ = 0.38) (Figure 3 and Figure 4). Though the correlation coefficients are little poor but the trends are not distrustable. The possible explanations are as follows: In addition to the aromatic stabilization, pyridine is nucleophilic due to its lone pair of electrons on nitrogen that replaces the CH bond in benzene. A total of 12 azines can be formulated on successive substitution of each sp2 carbon (=CH-) of benzene by nitrogen atoms [10]. Unfavorable repulsive interactions among nitrogen lone pairs begin from pyridazine with two adjacent nitrogens [10] and continue till hexazine. These unfavorable repulsive interactions may be favorable to make the lone pair of electrons of nitrogen in pyridazine more labile. This may be reason that the IP of pyridazine is 9.31 [5] is less than the IP of pyridine 9.85 [8]. Therefore, once again invoking the reactivity-selectivity principle, a compound with less labile electron is more susceptible to substituent effect (Hammett ρ = 1.18, Figure 3) and a compound with more labile electron is less susceptible to substituent effect (Hammett ρ = 0.38, Figure 4).

4. Conclusions

Structure-function relation is a 155-year-old concept to explain the dependence of biological activity of a drug molecule on its structure put forward by Crum-Brown and Fraser [11]. And it recalls the Reactivity-Selectivity Principle as Professor Herbert Mayer [12] pointed out is still an “Imperishable myth in Organic Chemistry”. Therefore, the authors believe that the reactivity-selectivity principle is all time popular and important in understanding the behavior of molecules as a function of its structure in various aspects.

Conflict of Interest

The authors don’t have any conflict of interest.

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