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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Tolman Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Clifford A. Bunton is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. They have been recognized in the scientific community through awards that mark significant milestones in their career.

Bunton was awarded the Tolman Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1987, an honor that acknowledges noteworthy contributions to the field of chemistry. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1984, indicating a level of esteem within the broader scientific arena.

While specific details about their research topics, fields of study, and publication record are not provided, the affiliations and awards suggest engagement in chemical research and contributions to advancing the science community.

Best Publications

  • Ion Binding and Reactivity at Charged Aqueous Interfaces

    Clifford A. Bunton;Faruk Nome;Frank H. Quina;Laurence S. Romsted

  • Organic Reactivity in Aqueous Micelles and Similar Assemblies

    Clifford A. Bunton;Gianfranco Savelli

  • Catalysis of nucleophilic substitutions by micelles of dicationic detergents

    Clifford A. Bunton;Lawrence Baylor Robinson;J. Schaak;M. F. Stam

  • Reactivity in aqueous association colloids. Descriptive utility of the pseudophase model

    Clifford A. Bunton

  • Electrolyte effects on the cationic micelle catalyzed decarboxylation of 6-nitrobenzisoxazole-3-carboxylate anion

    Clifford A. Bunton;Michael J. Minch;Josefina. Hidalgo;Luis. Sepulveda

  • Dynamic light scattering from cetyltrimethylammonium bromide micelles. Intermicellar interactions at low ionic strengths

    R. Dorshow;J. Briggs;C. A. Bunton;D. F. Nicoli

  • Comparative study of intermicellar interactions using dynamic light scattering

    R. B. Dorshow;C. A. Bunton;D. F. Nicoli

  • Micellar effects upon the reaction of P-nitrophenyl diphenyl phosphate with hydroxide and fluoride ions

    Clifford A. Bunton;Lawrence B. Robinson

  • TESTS OF THE PSEUDOPHASE MODEL OF MICELLAR CATALYSIS: ITS PARTIAL FAILURE

    C. A. Bunton;L. S. Romsted;G. Savelli

  • Reagent distribution and micellar catalysis of carbocation reactions

    Clifford A. Bunton;Nelson Carrasco;Sung K. Huang;Chang H. Paik

  • Micellar enhancements of rates of SN2 reactions of halide ions: the effect of head group size

    Radu Bacaloglu;Clifford A. Bunton;Francisco Ortega

  • Micellar catalysis, a useful misnomer

    Laurence S Romsted;Clifford A Bunton;Jihu Yao

  • A Study of the Assembly Mechanism of the Mesoporous MSU-X Silica Two-Step Synthesis

    Cedric Boissiere;André Larbot;Claudie Bourgaux;Eric Prouzet

  • A quantitative treatment of micellar effects upon deprotonation equilibriums

    Clifford A. Bunton;Laurence S. Romsted;Luis Sepulveda;Luis Sepulveda

  • Perhydrolysis of nerve agent VX

    Yu Chu Yang;Linda L. Szafraniec;William T. Beaudry;Clifford A. Bunton

  • Hydrolysis of bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) phosphate

    Clifford A. Bunton;S. J. Farber

  • NMR study of the location of bromide ion and methyl naphthalene-2-sulfonate in cationic micelles: relation to reactivity

    Radu Bacaloglu;Clifford A. Bunton;Giorgio Cerichelli;Francisco Ortega

  • Hydrophobic and coulombic interactions in the micellar binding of phenols and phenoxide ions

    Clifford A. Bunton;Luis. Sepulveda

  • Ionic competition in micellar reactions: a quantitative treatment

    Clifford A. Bunton;John R. Moffatt

  • Micellar effects on the ionization of carboxylic acids and interactions between quaternary ammonium ions and aromatic compounds

    Clifford A. Bunton;M. J. Minch

  • Micellar effects upon nucleophilic aromatic and aliphatic substitution

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Frequent Co-Authors

Raimondo Germani
Raimondo Germani University of Perugia
Laurence S. Romsted
Laurence S. Romsted Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Faruk Nome
Faruk Nome Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Francisco Ortega
Francisco Ortega Complutense University of Madrid
Hamad A. Al-Lohedan
Hamad A. Al-Lohedan King Saud University
John M. Brown
John M. Brown University of Oxford
Frank H. Quina
Frank H. Quina Universidade de São Paulo
Marcos N. Eberlin
Marcos N. Eberlin Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Paolo Scrimin
Paolo Scrimin University of Padua
Olle Söderman
Olle Söderman Lund University

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