A comparative study on the dynamics of epimeric 1-hydroxymethyl quinolizidines: II. The solvent and concentration dependence of the association properties
The homo and heteroassociation patterns of lupinine and epilupinine in different solvents and at various concentrations have been studied. In n-hexane, n-heptane, CCl4, and C2H4Cl2 solvents, lupinine monomers with an intramolecular OH … N hydrogen bond dominate over homoassociates with an OH … O′ intermolecular hydrogen bond even in concentrated solutions. Homoassociation of lupinine by intermolecular OH … N′ hydrogen bonding is observed only in saturated solutions. In chloroform solution any intermolecular homoassociation is effectively blocked because of significant affinity of chloroform molecules acting as a weak acid toward the free electron pairs of the oxygen atom from the hydroxyl group that would be otherwise engaged in intramolecular OH … N hydrogen bonding. Epilupinine in n-hexane, n-heptane, CCl4, C2H4Cl2, and chloroform solutions forms possible homoassociates both by OH … N′ and OH … O′ intermolecular hydrogen bonding. In dioxane-d8, DMSO, and D2O solvents both lupinine and epilupinine form heteroassociates with solvent molecules.