acidity

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  1. (of a compound) For @[email protected] the tendency of a compound to act as a @[email protected] donor. It can be quantitatively expressed by the acid @[email protected] constant of the compound in water or some other specified medium. For @[email protected] it relates to the @[email protected] constants of @[email protected] and @[email protected]
  2. (of a medium) The use of the term is mainly restricted to a medium containing @[email protected], where it means the tendency of the medium to hydronate a specific reference base. It is quantitatively expressed by the appropriate @[email protected]
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1081 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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