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Anthony C. Legon

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
23030
World Ranking
7154
National Ranking
412

Anthony C. Legon publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony C. Legon sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 483 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Anthony C. Legon D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony C. Legon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Liversidge Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1989 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Anthony C. Legon is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily addresses the fields of Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy, with particular focus on Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. They have contributed extensively to areas including Crystallography and molecular interactions, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, and Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure.

Their work has appeared frequently in several notable journals and publication venues. These include:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • ChemPlusChem
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Chemical Physics Letters
  • IUPAC Standards Online

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Anthony C. Legon include:

  • Ibón Alkorta
  • Giuseppe Resnati
  • David L. Bryce
  • Gautam R. Desiraju
  • Antonio Frontera

Representative recent papers authored by Anthony C. Legon are:

  • Definition of the pnictogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2023), 2024, Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Non-Covalent Interactions of the Lewis Acids Cu-X, Ag-X, and Au-X (X = F and Cl) with Nine Simple Lewis Bases B: A Systematic Investigation of Coinage-Metal Bonds by Ab Initio Calculations, 2021, Inorganics
  • Nucleophilicity of the boron atom in compounds R-B, (R = F, Cl, Br, I, CN, NC, CH3, SiH3, CF3, H): a new look at the inductive effects of the group R, 2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Reduced nucleophilicity: an intrinsic property of the Lewis base atom interacting with H in hydrogen-bonds with Lewis acids HX (X = F, Cl, Br, I, CN, CCH, CP), 2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • An ab initio investigation of alkali-metal non-covalent bonds B⋯LiR and B⋯NaR (R = F, H or CH3) formed with simple Lewis bases B: the relative inductive effects of F, H and CH3, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Anthony C. Legon has been recognized with several awards including the Liversidge Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2012, being named a Fellow of the Royal Society (United Kingdom) in 2000, and receiving the Tilden Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Definition of the hydrogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)

    Elangannan Arunan;Gautam R. Desiraju;Roger A. Klein;Joanna Sadlej

  • Definition of the halogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)

    Gautam R. Desiraju;P. Shing Ho;Lars Kloo;Anthony C. Legon

  • Defining the hydrogen bond: An account (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Elangannan Arunan;Gautam R. Desiraju;Roger A. Klein;Joanna Sadlej

  • Prereactive Complexes of Dihalogens XY with Lewis Bases B in the Gas Phase: A Systematic Case for the Halogen Analogue B⋅⋅⋅XY of the Hydrogen Bond B⋅⋅⋅HX

    Anthony C. Legon

  • The halogen bond: an interim perspective

    Anthony C. Legon

  • Halogen Bonding: A New Interaction for Liquid Crystal Formation

    H. Loc Nguyen;Peter N. Horton;Michael B. Hursthouse;and Anthony C. Legon

  • Definition of the chalcogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)

    Christer B. Aakeroy;David L. Bryce;Gautam R. Desiraju;Antonio Frontera

  • Gas-phase spectroscopy and the properties of hydrogen-bonded dimers. HCN.cntdot..cntdot..cntdot.HF as the spectroscopic prototype

    A. C. Legon;D. J. Millen

  • Angular geometries and other properties of hydrogen-bonded dimers: a simple electrostatic interpretation of the success of the electron-pair model

    A. C. Legon;D. J. Millen

  • Tetrel, pnictogen and chalcogen bonds identified in the gas phase before they had names: a systematic look at non-covalent interactions

    Anthony C Legon

  • Equilibrium conformations of four- and five-membered cyclic molecules in the gas phase: determination and classification

    A. C. Legon

  • Directional character, strength, and nature of the hydrogen bond in gas-phase dimers

    A. C. Legon;D. J. Millen

  • The rotational spectrum and molecular structure of the acetylene–HCl dimer

    A. C. Legon;P. D. Aldrich;W. H. Flygare

  • Pulsed-Nozzle, Fourier-Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of Weakly Bound Dimers

    A C Legon

  • Determination of properties of hydrogen-bonded dimers by rotational spectroscopy and a classfication of dimer geometries

    Unknown

  • Hydrogen bonding as a probe of electron densities: limiting gas-phase nucleophilicities and electrophilicities of B and HX

    A. C. Legon;D. J. Millen

  • π‐Electron “Donor–Acceptor” Complexes B⋅⋅⋅ClF and the Existence of the “Chlorine Bond”

    A. C. Legon

  • The nature of ammonium and methylammonium halides in the vapour phase: hydrogen bonding versus proton transfer

    A. C. Legon

  • The microwave rotational spectrum, molecular geometry, 14N nuclear quadrupole coupling constants, and H, 19F nuclear spin–nuclear spin coupling constant of the nitrogen–hydrogen fluoride dimer

    P. D. Soper;A. C. Legon;W. G. Read;W. H. Flygare

  • The rotational spectrum, H, 19F nuclear spin–nuclear spin coupling, D nuclear quadrupole coupling, and molecular geometry of a weakly bound dimer of carbon monoxide and hydrogen fluoride

    A. C. Legon;P. D. Soper;W. H. Flygare

  • The rotational spectrum, structure, and molecular properties of the ethylene–HCl dimer

    P. D. Aldrich;A. C. Legon;W. H. Flygare

  • Spectroscopic investigations of hydrogen bonding interactions in the gas phase. I. The determination of the geometry, dissociation energy, potential constants and electric dipole moment of the hydrogen-bonded heterodimer HCN • • • HF from its microwave rotational spectrum

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Tew
David P. Tew University of Oxford
Eric R. Waclawik
Eric R. Waclawik Queensland University of Technology
Willis H. Flygare
Willis H. Flygare University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Patrick W. Fowler
Patrick W. Fowler University of Sheffield
Ibon Alkorta
Ibon Alkorta Spanish National Research Council
Robert R. Lucchese
Robert R. Lucchese Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Steve Scheiner
Steve Scheiner Utah State University
Gautam R. Desiraju
Gautam R. Desiraju Indian Institute of Science
Robert H. Crabtree
Robert H. Crabtree Yale University
David J. Nesbitt
David J. Nesbitt University of Colorado Boulder

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