A measure of the
ionizing power (loosely
polarity) of a solvent, based on the maximum wavenumber of the longest
wavelength electronic absorption band of:
in a given solvent.

, called

by its originators, is given by:
where

is in

,

is in

and

is in

.
The so-called normalized

scale is defined as:
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1106
InChI=1/C41H29NO/c43-41-37(31-18-8-2-9-19-31)28-36(29-38(41)32-20-10-3-11-21-32)42-39(33-22-12-4-13-23-33)26-35(30-16-6-1-7-17-30)27-40(42)34-24-14-5-15-25-34/h1-29H
UWOVWIIOKHRNKU-UHFFFAOYAF
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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