Specific patterns of short range solvation — aliphatic amines in benzene–dimethylsulfoxide mixed solvents

Abstract

The trends in the values of equilibrium constants for the formation of proton transfer complexes between 2,4-dinitrophenol and various aliphatic amines are used to infer the nature of the short range solvation of the amines in benzene–DMSO solvent mixtures. Hydrogen bonds between the DMSO oxygen and the amine proton increase the basicity of the primary and secondary amines. Equilibrium constants for this bond formation are estimated for secondary amines.