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In chemistry a donor number or DN is a qualitative measure of Lewis basicity. A donor number is defined as the negative enthalpy value for the 1:1 adduct formation between a Lewis base and the standard Lewis acid SbCl₅ (antimony pentachloride), in dilute solution in the noncoordinating solvent 1,2-dichloroethane with a zero DN. The units are kilocalories per mole for historical reasons.^[1] The donor number is a measure of the ability of a solvent to solvate cations and Lewis acids The method was developed by V. Gutmann in 1976.^[2] Likewise Lewis acids are characterized by acceptor numbers.

Typical solvent values are:^{citation needed}

• acetonitrile 14.1 kcal/mol (59.0 kJ/mol
• acetone 17 kcal/mol (71 kJ/mol)
• methanol 19 kcal/mol (79 kJ/mol)
• dimethylformamide (DMF) 26.6 kcal/mol (111 kJ/mol)
• dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) 29.8 kcal/mol (125 kJ/mol)
• ethanol 31.5 kcal/mol (132 kJ/mol)
• triethylamine 61 kcal/mol (255 kJ/mol)

References

1. ^ Françoise Arnaud-neu, Rita Delgado, and Sílvia Chaves (2003). "Critical evaluation of stability constants and thermodynamic functions of metal complexes of crown ethers". Pure Appl. Chem. 75 (1): 71–102. doi:10.1351/pac200375010071. 
2. ^ V. Gutmann, Coord. Chem. Rev., 18 (1976) 225

External links

• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. "donor number". Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition.

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