Swain Acity and Basity

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Orthogonal solvent "acity" (anion solvation) and "basity" (cation solvation) properties according to Swain et al..
C. G. Swain, M. S. Swain, A. L. Powell and S. Alunni; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 105 (1983) 502-513.

Acity is measure of hydrogen bond acidity and is correlated with →Dimroth-Reichardt E_T (→E_T vs Acity) and →Gutmann AN (→AN vs Acity).
Basity is somewhat correlated with →Catalán SPP (→SPP vs Basity)

Name	Acity	Basity
1,2-dichloroethane	0.30	0.82
1,2-dimethoxyethane	0.21	0.50
1,2-dimethylbenzene	0.06	0.53
1,3-dimethylbenzene	0.04	0.50
1,4-dimethylbenzene	0.06	0.50
2,2,4,4-tetramethylpentane	0.01	-0.03
2,6-dimethylpyridine	0.18	0.81
2-butanone	0.23	0.74
2-methyl-2-propanol	0.45	0.50
2-propanol	0.59	0.44
2-propanone	0.25	0.81
acetic acid	0.93	0.13
acetonitrile	0.37	0.86
acetophenone	0.23	0.90
aniline	0.36	1.19
benzene	0.15	0.59
benzonitrile	0.30	0.87
bromobenzene	0.22	0.66
butanamine	0.15	1.17
butanol	0.61	0.43
carbon disulfide	0.10	0.38
chlorobenzene	0.20	0.65
cyclohexane	0.02	0.06
cyclohexanone	0.25	0.79
dibutyl ether	0.06	0.28
dichloromethane	0.33	0.80
diethyl ether	0.12	0.34
dimethyl sulfoxide	0.34	1.08
dioxane	0.19	0.67
ethanediol	0.78	0.84
ethanol	0.66	0.45
ethyl acetate	0.21	0.59
formamide	0.66	0.99
formic acid	1.18	0.51
heptane	0.00	0.00
hexamethylphosphoramide	0.00	1.07
hexane	0.01	-0.01
methanol	0.75	0.50
methoxybenzene	0.21	0.74
N,N-dimethylacetamide	0.27	0.97
N,N-dimethylformamide	0.30	0.93
N-methylaniline	0.40	1.07
nitrobenzene	0.29	0.86
nitromethane	0.39	0.92
propanol	0.63	0.44
pyridine	0.24	0.96
tetrachloroethene	0.10	0.25
tetrachloromethane	0.09	0.34
tetrahydrofuran	0.17	0.67
toluene	0.13	0.54
trichloroethene	0.16	0.54
trichloromethane	0.42	0.73
triethylamine	0.08	0.19
trifluoroacetic acid	1.72	0.00
water	1.00	1.00