The acid-base equilibria of 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone (HY) were studied, at 25°C, by potentiometric measurements with a glass electrode in NaClO 4 media for ionic strength ranging from 0.51 to 3.5 mol/kg. The solubility (S) of HY was determined in the same range of ionic strength in NaClO 4 media. The total concentration (C L ) of ligand was ranged from 1 9 10 -3 mol/kg to 20 9 10 -3 mol/kg; the experimental data were explained by assuming, for HY, the species HY 2 -besides Y -. Elaboration of data, according to the specific interaction theory, had provided the constants valid in the infinite dilution reference state: HY ¢ Y -? H ? , log K°1 -1 = -10.11 ± 0.05 and 2 HY ¢ HY 2 -? H ? , log K°2 -1 = -7.85 ± 0.05. The uncertainties were given as 3r. The interaction coefficients (kg/mol) of ionic species Y -and HY 2 -with the medium counter ion were e (Y -, Na ? ) = 0.50 ± 0.05 and e (HY 2 -, Na ? ) = 0.59 ± 0.05, respectively. Graphical abstract 0 0.5 1 8 1 0 1 2 -log [H + ] Z H = K 1-1 × h -1 / (1 + K 1-1 × h -1 ) 1.05 3.5 0 0.2 8.5 9.5Dimer formation evidence