The Electrostatic Influence of Substituents on the Dissociation Constants of Organic Acids. II

Abstract

The theory of the influence of substituents on dissociation constants presented in an earlier article of the same title is extended to acids ellipsoidal in shape. Bjerrum's formula is obtained in the limiting case of unit eccentricity of the elliptical section of a prolate ellipsoid of revolution. The influence of dipolar as well as ionic substituents can satisfactorily be treated.