Preferred Label : solvent parameter;
IUPAC definition : Quantitative measures of the capability of solvents for interaction with solutes.
Such parameters have been based on numerous different physicochemical quantities,
e.g. rate constants, solvatochromic shifts in ultraviolet/visible spectra, solvent-induced
shifts in infrared frequencies, etc. Some solvent parameters are purely empirical
in nature, i.e. they are based directly on some experimental measurement. It may be
possible to interpret such a parameter as measuring some particular aspect of solvent–solute
interaction or it may be regarded simply as a measure of solvent i polarity /i .
Other solvent parameters are based on analysing experimental results. Such a parameter
is considered to quantify some particular aspect of solvent capability for interaction
with solutes.;
Origin ID : S05757;
See also
Quantitative measures of the capability of solvents for interaction with solutes.
Such parameters have been based on numerous different physicochemical quantities,
e.g. rate constants, solvatochromic shifts in ultraviolet/visible spectra, solvent-induced
shifts in infrared frequencies, etc. Some solvent parameters are purely empirical
in nature, i.e. they are based directly on some experimental measurement. It may be
possible to interpret such a parameter as measuring some particular aspect of solvent–solute
interaction or it may be regarded simply as a measure of solvent i polarity /i .
Other solvent parameters are based on analysing experimental results. Such a parameter
is considered to quantify some particular aspect of solvent capability for interaction
with solutes.
