title: Why are carborane acids so acidic? An electrostatic interpretation of Brønsted acid strengths.
abstract: Acidity of Brønsted acids is explained in terms of the electrostatic potentials of the corresponding conjugate bases. The electrostatic potential distribution on the zero-flux surface of the strongest isolable carborane anions is seen to provide a good measure of their acidities. Increasing value of the lowest minimum in the electrostatic potential is observed to be a signature of increasing acidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Pune, Pune 411007, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balanarayan
authors.forename: Shridhar R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gadre