TABLE 3.

The structures and some physical parameters for the solvents used in the present study: log P, where P is the octanol/water partition constant, α-scale for the hydrogen-bond donor acidity, and β-scale for the hydrogen-bond acceptor basicity

Solvent	Structure	Log P*	α*	β*
Methanol	CH3 (OH)	−0.7	0.98	0.66
	CH3 – CH – CH3
Isopropanol	|	0.13	0.76	0.84
	OH
n-propanol	CH3 – CH2 – CH2 (OH)	0.28	0.84	0.9
	CH3 – CH – CH2 (OH)
Isobutanol	|	0.75	0.79	0.84
	CH3
n-butanol	CH3 – CH2 – CH2 – CH2 (OH)	0.75	0.84	0.84
Acetonitrile	CH3 (CN)	−0.34	0.19	0.4
Water	H (OH)	–	1.17	0.47

^*Marcus (1998).