Lewis Basicity and Affinity Measurement: Definitions and Context

This chapter contains sections titled: The Brönsted Definition of Acids and Bases Scales of Brönsted Basicity and Affinity in Solution Scales of Brönsted Basicity and Affinity in the Gas Phase The Lewis Definition of Acids and Bases Quantum Chemical Descriptions of Lewis Acid/Base Complexes Measurement of Lewis Basicity Measurement of Lewis Affinity The Role of the Solvent Spectroscopic Scales of Basicity (Affinity) Polybasic Compounds Attempts at a Quantitative Formulation of the Lewis Definition of Acids and Bases Concluding Remarks and Content of Chapters 2–7 References