title: Basicity of Very Weak Bases in 1,2-Dichloroethane.
abstract: The basicity scale of very weak bases has been set up in 1,2-dichloroethane to give, for the first time, reliable quantitative insights into the basic properties of weak bases in a low-polarity solvent. The scale contains 30 compounds, including anilines; phosphanes, and carbonyl bases, such as esters and amides, linked by 53 relative basicity measurements. The scale spans more than 12 pKipunits, expanding to as low pKipvalues as possible with our current experimental methodology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14a Str, 50411, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaupmees
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14a Str, 50411, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Järviste
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14a Str, 50411, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leito
keywords: basicity; gas-phase reactions; phosphanes; protonation; solvent effects