The effectiveness of solvents as hydrogen bond donors

Y. Marcus*

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Abstract

Taft and Kamlet's α-scale of solvent hydrogen bond donation ability is reexamined with regard to its correlations with three widely used polarity scales: Dimroth and Reichardt's ET(30), Kosower's Z and Mayer's AN, as well as with the αm values of the solvents when present as monomeric solutes. The correlation with ET serves to extend the solvent α-scale according to the expression: {Mathematical expression} where s, b, a, d, π*, δ, and β have their usual meanings in the context of the Taft and Kamlet scales.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)929-944
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Solution Chemistry
Volume20
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1991

Keywords

  • α scale
  • A scale
  • E scale
  • hydrogen bonding
  • Solvent polarity
  • Z scale

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