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Abstract
Isothioureas (ITUs) represent a powerful family of (chiral) Lewis base organocatalysts. Interestingly, the Brønsted basicity of these frequently used compounds has so far not systematically been investigated. Thus, we have now determined the pKaH values of the most privileged (chiral) ITUs in acetonitrile (ACN) and DMSO by using NMR. Employing Wallace's chemical shift imaging NMR method, the herein investigated ITUs were found to be weak Brønsted bases with pKaH values in the range of 16.8–17.9 in ACN and 6.3–7.8 in DMSO.
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The European Journal of Organic Chemistry (2019 ISI Impact Factor 2.889) publishes Full Papers, Communications, and Minireviews from the entire spectrum of synthetic organic, bioorganic and physical-organic chemistry. It is published on behalf of Chemistry Europe, an association of 16 European chemical societies.
The following journals have been merged to form two leading journals, the European Journal of Organic Chemistry and the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry:
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Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France
Gazzetta Chimica Italiana
Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas
Anales de Química
Chimika Chronika
Revista Portuguesa de Química
ACH—Models in Chemistry
Polish Journal of Chemistry.