The experimental and theoretical methods of determination of gas‐phase basicities, proton
affinities and protonation entropies are presented in a tutorial form. Particularities and …

The present article is the second part of a general overview of the gas‐phase protonation
thermochemistry of polyfunctional molecules. The first part of the review (Mass Spectrom …

The available data on gas phase basicities and proton affinities of molecules are compiled
and evaluated. Tables giving the molecules ordered (1) according to proton affinity and (2) …

The inherent effects of molecular structure on acid–base behavior have been a topic of
debate for over 30 years. Three of the models developed to probe these effects are reviewed …

This article constitutes the fourth part of a general review of the gas‐phase protonation
thermochemistry of polyfunctional molecules (Part 1: Theory and methods, Mass Spectrom …

An Erratum for this article has been published in Journal of Mass Spectrometry 36 (9) 2001,
1074 The beginning of the twentieth century saw the development of new theories of acidity …

PROTON AFFINITIES OF NEUTRAL MOLECULES of data has been obtained from studies of
gas-phase proton-transfer reactions. In a large Page 1 International Journal of Mass …

By building a relative basicity ladder, the current basicity scale (Lias et al., J. Phys. Chem.
Ref. Data, 17 Suppl. No. 1 (1988)) has been reexamined in its upper part, and extended for …

The methods of establishing gas‐phase basicities and proton affinities are reviewed,
particularly as applied to thermally labile and involatile molecules. The literature on the …

The available data on gas-phase basicities and proton affinities of approximately 1700
molecular, radical and atomic neutral species are evaluated and compiled. Tables of the …