B3LYP/6-31+g (d, p) method was used to calculate the lithium and sodium affinities of n-alkyl fluoride. These affinities were found to obey the Holmes relationship, i.e. they correlate linearly with the quotient n/(n+1), where n is the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain. From the correlation the limiting values of lithium and sodium affinities for very long alkyl chain were predicted to be -153.3 kJ/mol and -108.4 kJ/mol, respectively.