Acids, Bases & Non-Aqueous Systems
A 18-module path through acids, bases & non-aqueous systems, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Bronsted-Lowry Acids and Bases in Inorganic Systems
- Acid Strength and the Leveling Effect
- Periodic Trends in Binary Acid Strength
- Oxoacids: Structure and Pauling's Rules
- Acidity of Hydrated Metal Cations
- Anhydrous Acidic and Basic Oxides
- Lewis Acids and Bases: The Electron-Pair Definition
- Lewis Acidity Trends in Main-Group Halides
- Adduct Formation and Frustrated Lewis Pairs
- The HSAB Principle: Hard and Soft Classification
- Quantifying Hardness: Absolute Electronegativity and Chemical Hardness
- Hard-Soft Acid-Base Applications in Synthesis
- Non-Aqueous Solvents: Classification and Properties
- Autoionization and the Solvent-System Concept
- Differentiating Solvents and Extending the pH Scale
- Liquid Ammonia as a Solvent System
- Superacids: Definition and Hammett Acidity
- Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids