“…Their argument, that the intrinsic nucleophilic activity of the amines is modified by the steric effects of their alkyl groups, is convincing. Diisobutyl amine.................... Brown and coworkers (97,98,100) have demonstrated that the relative basic strengths of amines depend upon the acid (in the Lewis sense) which is used for reference. With a small reference acid, such as the proton, basicities are largely determined by the electronic influences of the alkyl groups upon the nitrogen atom, but with large reference acids both the electronic and the steric effects of the substituent alkyl groups are important.…”