Lewis Basicity and Affinity Scales: Data and Measurement

Professor Christian Laurence, UFR Sciences et Techniques, UMR CEISAM 6230 CNRS-Université de Nantes, France
Christian Laurence is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Nantes. He was head of the laboratory of spectrochemistry of the Faculty of Sciences of Nantes for 23 years, where he published more than 140 scientific papers in the field of physical organic chemistry.

Professor Jean-François Gal, Laboratoire de Radiochimie, Sciences Analytiques et Environnement, Institut de Chimie de Nice (FR CNRS 3037), Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis- Parc Valrose, France
Jean-François Gal is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. He supervised, for more than 25 years, a group working on mass spectrometry and, specifically, on ion/molecule reactions, gas-phase acidity and basicity, and metal cation reactions.