Chemical Reactions in Solvents and Melts discusses the use of organic and inorganic compounds as well as of melts as solvents. This book examines the applications in organic and inorganic chemistry as well as in electrochemistry.
Organized into two parts encompassing 15 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the general properties and the different types of reactions, including acid-base reactions, complex formation reactions, and oxidation-reduction reactions. This text then describes the properties of inert and active solvents. Other chapters consider the proton transfer reactions in polar solvents as well as the transfer of other ions. This book discusses as well the solubility in a number of solvents by the formation of different bonds between the solute and the solvent molecule. The final chapter deals with the general characteristics of the oxidation-reduction reactions of melts.
This book is a valuable resource for chemists, students, and researchers.

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Preface
Introduction
Part I. General Properties
Polar and Non-Polar Solvents
The Fundamental Types of Reactions
Chapter 1. Acid-Base Reactions in Non-Polar Solvents
Inert Solvents
Active Solvents
Comparison of the Strengths of Acids and Bases in Various Solvents
Supplementary Notes:
Hydrogen Bonding
Experimental Methods of Study
Chapter 2. Acid-Base Reactions in Polar Solvents
Effect of the Chemical Properties of the Solvent
Comparison of the Strengths of Acid-Base Couples in Various Solvents
Chapter 3. Complexes
Complexes in Polar Media
Complexes in Non-Polar Media
Exchange Reactions Involving Two Ions
Ionized Melts
Chapter 4. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Electron Transfer Reactions in Non-Polar Media
Electron Exchange Reactions in polar media
Comparison of Scales of Potential in Various Solvents
Oxidation-Reduction and Acidity. Oxidation-Reduction and Complexes
Chapter 5. Solubility. Sparingly Soluble Compounds
Solubilities in Non-Polar Media
Solubilities in Polar Media
Part II. Chemical Properties in Various Solvents
Chapter 6. Hydrocarbons and Halogen Derivatives
Chapter 7. Acids
Chapter 8. Bases
Chapter 9. Alcohols and Phenols
Chapter 10. Amides
Chapter 11. Nitro-Derivatives, NitrilesI and Ketones
Chapter 12. Anhydrides, Ethers and Esters
Chapter 13. Various Solvents
Chapter 14. Halides
Chapter 15. Ionized Melts
General Bibliography
Solvent Index
Subject Index