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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 28, 755-759, Copyright © 1987 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Chemical properties of bile acids. IV. Acidity constants of glycine- conjugated bile acids

A Fini and A Roda

The dissociation constants for the carboxyl group of a series of glycine (N-acyl)-conjugated and unconjugated bile acids were determined by potentiometric titration using dimethylsulfoxide-water and methanol- water mixtures of varying proportions. The pKa values in water were calculated by extrapolating the experimental values determined in different mole fractions of the organic solvent mixtures. The following values were obtained: 3.9 +/- 0.1 for glycine-conjugated bile acids and 5.0 +/- 0.1 for unconjugated bile acids, as general pKa values for the two classes of bile acids, respectively. The amidation of bile acids with glycine lowers the pKa value because of the proximity of the amide bond to the terminal carboxyl group. Bile acid dissociation constants are independent of the substituents in the steroid nucleus, since inductive effects of the hydroxyl groups on the steroid nucleus are too distant from the acidic group at the end of the side chain to influence its ionization.
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