I General.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Classification of Solvents.- 3. Physical Properties.- 4. Acids and Bases (Acidic and Basic Function).- A. Classical Definition.- B. The Protonic Concept.- C. The Solvent-System Concept.- D. The Ionotropic Definitions.- E. The Lewis Concept.- F. Hard and Soft Acids and Bases.- 5. Techniques with Non-Aqueous Solvents.- II Principles of Coordination Chemistry in Non-Aqueous Solutions.- 1. Donor Solvents and Acceptor Solvents.- 2. Coordinating Properties of Solvents.- A. Donor Strength.- B. The Donor Number.- C. Prediction of Donor-Acceptor Interactions.- D. Hydrogen Bonding.- E. Steric Factors.- F. Solubilities.- 3. Coordination Equilibria in Solution.- A. Formation of a (Non-solvated) Complex Anion.- B. Ionization and Dissociation of a Solvate Complex.- C. Autocomplex Formation.- 4. Solvation and Donor Properties.- III Coordination Chemistry in Proton-containing Donor Solvents.- 1. General Properties of Proton-containing Solvents.- 2. Liquid Ammonia.- 3. Hydrazine.- 4. Hydrogen Sulphide.- 5. Formamide and Acetamide.- 6. Formic Acid and Acetic Acid.- 7. Alcohols.- IV Proton-containing Acceptor Solvents.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Hydrogen Fluoride.- 3. Liquid Hydrogen Chloride, Hydrogen Bromide and Hydrogen Iodide.- 4. Liquid Hydrogen Cyanide.- 5. Sulphuric Acid.- 6. Nitric Acid and Phosphoric Acid.- 7. Fluorospulphuric Acid, Chlorosulphuric Acid, Difluorophosphoric Acid and Disulphuric Acid.- V Proton-free Acceptor Solvents.- 1. Covalent Oxides.- A. Liquid Sulphur Dioxide.- B. Liquid Dinitrogen Tetroxide.- 2. Covalent Fluorides.- A. Bromine(III) fluoride and Chlorine(III) fluoride.- B. Iodine(V) fluoride.- C. Arsenic(III) fluoride.- 3. Covalent Chlorides.- 4. Covalent Bromides.- 5. Molten Iodine.- VI Oxyhalide Solvents.- 1. Oxyhalides with Low Donor Numbers.- 2. Oxyhalides with Medium Donor Numbers.- VII Certain Donor Solvents.- 1. 1,2-Dichloroethane (DNSbCl5 = 0.1).- 2. Nitromethane (NM) (DNSbCl5) and Nitrobenzene (NB) (DNSbCl5 = 4.4).- 3. Acetic Anhydride (AA) (DNSbCl5 = 10.5).- 4. Acetonitrile (AN) (DNSbci6 = 14.1).- 5. Sulpholane (Tetramethylenesulphone) (DNSbCl5 = 14.8).- 6. Propanediol-1,2-carbonate (PDC) (DNSbCl5 = 15.1).- 7. Acetone (DNSbCl5 = 17.0).- 8. Ethyl Acetate (DNSbCl5 = 17.1).- 9. Diethylether (DNSbCl5 = 19.2).- 10. Trimethyl Phosphate (TMP) (DNSbCl5 =23).- 11. Tributyl Phosphate (TBP) (DNSbCl5 = 23.7).- 12. Dimethylformamide (DMF) (DNSbCl5~27).- 13. N,N-Dimethylacetamide (DMA) (DNSbCl5 = 27.8).- 14. Dimethyl Sulphoxide (DMSO) (DNSbCl5 = 29.8).- 15. Hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA) (DNSbCl5 = 38.8).- VIII Coordination Chemistry of Certain Transition Metal Ions in Donor Solvents.- 1. Iodide Ions as Competitive Ligands.- 2. Bromide Ions as Competitive Ligands.- 3. Chloride Ions as Competitive Ligands.- 4. Azide Ions as Competitive Ligands.- 5. Thiocyanate Ions as Competitive Ligands.- 6. Cyanide Ions as Competitive Ligands.- 7. An Attempt to Assign a Donor Number to Anions.- 8. Conclusion.
