Lewis basicity

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The thermodynamic tendency of a substance to act as a @L03511@. Comparative measures of this property are provided by the equilibrium constants for @L03510@ formation for a series of Lewis bases with a common reference @L03508@.
See also:
donor number (DN)
,
nucleophilicity
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1135 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'Lewis basicity' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.L03512 RIS BibTex EndNote
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