Advanced Organic Chemistry

Contents

Preface

1. Concept of Acids and Bases

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 What Is an Acid or a Base

1.1.2 Properties of Acids

1.1.3 Properties of Bases

1.2 Acidity and Basicity of Molecules

1.2.1 Acidity

1.2.2 Carbon Acids

1.2.3 Nitrogen Acids

1.2.4 Organosulphur Oxyacids

1.2.5 Basicity

1.2.6 Effects Decreasing Electron Density on Nitrogen

1.3 Definition of pk_a

1.4 pH Box

1.4.1 pk_a Box

1.4.2 pH of Strong Acids and Bases

1.4.3 Strong Acids

1.4.4 Weak Acids

1.4.5 Strong Bases

1.4.6 Weak Bases

1.4.7 pH of Weak Acids and Bases

1.5 Hard and Soft Acids and Bases

1.5.1 Lewis Acids and Bases

1.5.2 Hard and Soft Acids

1.5.3 Hard and Soft Bases

1.5.4 Hard and Soft Acid-Base Classification

1.6 Effect of Structure on Strength of Acids and Bases

1.6.1 Field Effect ...