title: Alkaki Metal Ion Affinities in the Gas Phase
reg no: ETF5196
project type: Estonian Science Foundation research grant
subject: 1.8. Molecular Biology
status: completed
institution: University of Tartu
head of project: Peeter Burk
duration: 01.01.2002 - 31.12.2005
description: 1. Generation of the web-based publicly available database of critically evaluated alkali metal cation affinities and basicities
2. Finding and calibrating of the theoretical calculation methods for reliable estimation of alkali metal cation affinities
3. Comparison of the gas-phase alkali metal cation affinities and proton affinities for a different families of Lewis bases
4. Construction of alkali metal cation affinity scales for anionic bases
5. Theoretical modeling of the cooperative effects (influence of the distance and orientation of coordination sites, role of non-classical coordination, and flexibility of the ligands

project group
no name institution position  
1.Peeter BurkTartu University, Institute of Chemical Physicsassociate professor 
2.Urmas MuinasmaaTartu UniversityPh. D. student 
3.Kaido SillarTartu UniversityPh. D. student 
4.Kaido TämmTartu UniversityPh. D. student