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Area of Science:

  • Physical Chemistry
  • Solvent Effects
  • Spectroscopy

Background:

  • Hydrogen-bond-acceptor basicity is crucial for understanding solvent properties.
  • Existing methods for parametrizing amphiprotic solvents have limitations.
  • A comprehensive scale for amphiprotic solvents was previously unavailable.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish the first quantitative scale for hydrogen-bond-acceptor basicity in amphiprotic solvents.
  • To introduce a novel solvatomagnetic comparison method for solvent basicity.
  • To provide a comprehensive dataset of basicity parameters for numerous solvents.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized 19F NMR chemical shifts of 4-fluorophenol and 4-fluoroanisole.
  • Employed a solvatomagnetic comparison method, comparing shifts in various solvents.
  • Validated the new scale through correlations with established solute properties.

Main Results:

  • Successfully established a new scale for solvent hydrogen-bond basicity in amphiprotic solvents.
  • Demonstrated the solvatomagnetic method's advantages over solvatochromic and calorimetric methods.
  • Presented a comprehensive collection of basicity parameters for 168 different solvents.
  • Highlighted the distinction between solvent and solute hydrogen-bond basicity scales.

Conclusions:

  • The new scale accurately parametrizes amphiprotic solvent hydrogen-bond basicity.
  • The solvatomagnetic comparison method is a robust and practical approach.
  • The findings are applicable to various physicochemical properties influenced by solvent basicity.