Franklin solvosystem concept

All above-mentioned remains true for dissolved strong bases. Let us consider several examples of non-aqueous solvents working in complete agreement with the Franklin solvosystem concept. In this relation, antimony (III) chloride and bromide have been studied. Their dissociation occurs as follows... 

Nevertheless, the behaviour of oxide-containing melts as a kind of background for acid-base reactions can be described in a manner similar to the solvosystem concept. However, for this purpose the solvosystem concept should be generalized in some ways. As mentioned above, the main object in the basis of Franklin s solvosystem concept is a molecular solvent prone to auto-ionization, and this process results in the formation of small concentrations of cations and anions of the solvent. Water, glycol, different spirits and some other room-temperature liquids are to be mentioned as typical examples of such solvents. 

Such solvent-dependent behavior of dissolved substances requires the development of definitions for solvent system, which will help in dividing substances into adds and bases depending on their action in the presence of solvents and on concentration of components formed due to the intrinsic self-dissociation process of a given solvent. The most known definition of such kind is definition for solvents system or solvosystem concept by Franklin. According to it, the process of self-ionization of an ionizing solvent L can be written as follows ... 

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