Protonation of conjugated carbonyl groups in sulfuric acid solutions. III. α,β-Unsaturated ketosteroids

Abstract

Protonation of 20 α,β-unsaturated ketosteroids by sulfuric acid was studied by ultraviolet spectrophotometry. Plots of log [B]/[BH+] from spectral data against the amide acidity function, HA, gave straight lines with unit slope. The pKBH+ values thus obtained show the same additive effects of substituents as that reported previously for simple α,β-unsaturated alicyclic ketones.