The acid-base properties of nineteen 2,4-disubstituted 6-morpholinomet
hylphenols were studied by means of potentiometric and/or spectrophoto
metric titration. The evaluated pi values were correlated with Hammett
sigma(m) and sigma(p)(0) constants for 2-X and 4-Y substituents, resp
ectively. A DSP equation fits adequately (r = 0.993) the wide range of
pi values from 4.8 to 9.1 without any deviation due to an intramolecu
lar H-bonding of ortho NO2 groups.