Squaramide equilibrium acidities in DMSO

Org Lett. 2014 Mar 21;16(6):1786-9. doi: 10.1021/ol5005017. Epub 2014 Mar 7.

Abstract

A number of popular squaramide organocatalysts' acidities were determined by an overlapping indicator method in DMSO via UV spectrophotometric titrations. The pKa values are in the range of 8.37-16.46. The results may be helpful for the rational design and development of squaramide type new catalysts.