The Chemistry of Nonaqueous Solvents VA

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Other Volumes


1. Solvation and Complex Formation in Protic and Aprotic Solvents

I. Solvation, Solubility, and Complex Stability

II. Selection and Properties of Solvents to Be Compared

III. Solvation Enthalpies of Individual Ions and Neutral Molecules in Some Representative Solvents

IV. Stabilities of Complexes in the Solvents Selected

V. Thermodynamics of Complex Formation Reactions in the Solvents Selected

References


2. Solvent Basicity

I. Introduction

II. Basicity of Bulk Solvents

III. Basicity of Solvents as Solutes in Reference Acid Media

IV. Basicity of Solvents as Reactants with Brønsted and Lewis Reference Acids in Inert Media

V. Basicity of Solvents as Reactants with Reference Acids in the Gas Phase

VI. Correlation of Solvent Basicity Parameters

References

Note Added in Proof


3. Nonaqueous Solvents in Organic Electroanalytical Chemistry

I. Introduction

II. Advantages of the Use of Nonaqueous Solvents

III. Problems Involved in the Use of Nonaqueous Solvents

IV. Conclusions

References


4. Ion-Selective Electrodes in Nonaqueous Solvents

I. Introduction

II. Fundamental Theoretical Considerations

III. Practical Applications

References


5. Pyridine as a Nonaqueous Solvent

I. Introduction

II. Purification of Pyridine

III. Physical Properties of Pyridine

IV. Pyridine as a Nonaqueous Solvent for Analytical Studies

V. Behavior of Salts in Pyridine

VI. Acid-Base Equilibria in Pyridine

VII. Redox Reactions in Pyridine

VIII. Halogens and Halogen Complexes in Pyridine

References


6. Anhydrous Hydrazine and Water-Hydrazine Mixtures

I. Introduction

II. Preparation

III. Properties

IV. Hydrazine as a Reagent

V. Anhydrous Hydrazine as a Solvent

VI. Water-Hydrazine Mixtures as Solvents

VII. Solvation by Hydrazine: Comparison with Other Solvents

VIII. Experimental Data

References

Author Index

Subject Index