“…Although solvents with a nitro group are polar (e.g., nitrobenzene, D.C.25» = 34.82, and nitromethane, D.C.25» = 35.87) the weakly acidic properties of the nitro group limit their utility as ionizing media for the hydrogen halides. The three acids hydrogen chloride (4,91,177), hydrogen bromide (17,91), and hydrogen iodide ( 200) are all poor conductors in nitrobenzene, as is apparent from the results at 18°C. illustrated in figure 15.…”