AbstractThe acceptor number AN and the polarity parameters Z and ET(30) were determined for a series of alcohols applied as media in the study of kinetic solvent effects. The alcohols thus characterized are methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, 2-methyl-2-butanol, 3-pentanol, 2-chloroethanol, 2-methoxyethanol, 2-phenylethanol, 2-cyanoethanol, benzyl alcohol, 3-ethyl-3-pentanol, 2,4-dimethyl-3-pentanol, and 3-ethyl-2,4-dimetliyl-3-pentanol. In addition, AN was determined for 1,2-dichloroethane and Z for the binary solvent mixtures methanol/2-methyl-2-butanol, ethanol/2,2,2-trifluoroethanol. and methanol/pyridine. The data obtained are correlated and the parameters AN, Z, and ET(30) are critically compared.