- Roenfanz, Hanna F;
- Paniak, Thomas J;
- Berlin, Cameron B;
- Tran, Van;
- Francisco, Karol R;
- Lassalas, Pierrik;
- Devas, Anisha;
- Landes, Olivia;
- Rosenberger, Avalon;
- Rotella, Madeline E;
- Ballatore, Carlo;
- Kozlowski, Marisa C
Hydrogen bonding is a key molecular interaction in biological processes, drug delivery, and catalysis. This report describes a high throughput UV-Vis spectroscopic method to measure hydrogen bonding capacity using a pyrazinone sensor. This colormetric sensor reversibly binds to a hydrogen bond donor, resulting in a blue shift as additional equivalents of donor are added. Titration with excess equivalents of donor is used to determine the binding coefficient, ln(Keq ). Over 100 titrations were performed for a variety of biologically relevant compounds. This data enabled development a multiple linear regression model that is capable of predicting 95 % of ln(Keq ) values within 1 unit, allowing for the estimation of hydrogen bonding affinity from a single measurement. To show the effectiveness of the single point measurements, hydrogen bond strengths were obtained for a set of carboxylic acid bioisosteres. The values from the single point measurements were validated with full titrations.