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D-Index
88
Citations
55934
World Ranking
2232
National Ranking
801

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1975 - Tolman Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1966 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1952 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Corwin Hansch was affiliated with Pomona College in the United States during their academic career. The scientist was recognized for contributions in the field of chemistry, as evidenced by several notable awards.

Throughout their career, Hansch received multiple honors, including the Tolman Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1975. They were also named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation twice, first in 1952 and again in 1966.

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Best Publications

  • Partition coefficients and their uses

    Albert Leo;Corwin Hansch;David Elkins

  • Substituent constants for correlation analysis in chemistry and biology

    Corwin Herman Hansch;Albert Leo

  • p-σ-π Analysis. A Method for the Correlation of Biological Activity and Chemical Structure

    Corwin. Hansch;Toshio. Fujita

  • A New Substituent Constant, π, Derived from Partition Coefficients

    Toshio. Fujita;Junkichi. Iwasa;Corwin. Hansch

  • ′AROMATIC′ SUBSTITUENT CONSTANTS FOR STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY CORRELATIONS

    C. Hansch;A. Leo;S. H. Unger;Ki Hwan Kim Ki Hwan Kim

  • Correlation of Biological Activity of Phenoxyacetic Acids with Hammett Substituent Constants and Partition Coefficients

    Corwin Hansch;Peyton P. Maloney;Toshio Fujita;Robert M. Muir

  • Quantitative approach to biochemical structure-activity relationships

    Corwin Hansch

  • Structure-activity relationship of mutagenic aromatic and heteroaromatic nitro compounds. Correlation with molecular orbital energies and hydrophobicity.

    Debnath Ak;Lopez de Compadre Rl;Debnath G;Shusterman Aj

  • The Correlation of Biological Activity of Plant Growth Regulators and Chloromycetin Derivatives with Hammett Constants and Partition Coefficients

    Corwin. Hansch;Robert M. Muir;Toshio. Fujita;Peyton P. Maloney

  • Linear Relationships between Lipophilic Character and Biological Activity of Drugs

    Corwin Hansch;William J. Dunn

  • Hydrophobicity and central nervous system agents: on the principle of minimal hydrophobicity in drug design.

    Corwin Hansch;J.P. Björkroth;A. Leo

  • Linear free-energy relationship between partition coefficients and the aqueous solubility of organic liquids

    Corwin Hansch;John E. Quinlan;Gary L. Lawrence

  • Substituent constants for correlation analysis.

    Corwin Hansch;Sharon D. Rockwell;Priscilla Y. C. Jow;Albert Leo

  • Lipophilic Character and Biological Activity of Drugs II: The Parabolic Case

    Corwin Hansch;John M. Clayton

  • Calculation of hydrophobic constant (log P) from pi and f constants.

    A. Leo;P. Y. C. Jow;C. Silipo;C. Hansch

  • Comparative QSAR analysis of estrogen receptor ligands.

    Hua Gao;John A. Katzenellenbogen;Rajni Garg;Corwin Hansch

  • The parabolic dependence of drug action upon lipophilic character as revealed by a study of hypnotics.

    C Hansch;A R Steward;S M Anderson;D Bentley

  • SUBSTITUENT CONSTANTS FOR ALIPHATIC FUNCTIONS OBTAINED FROM PARTITION COEFFICIENTS.

    Junkichi Iwasa;Toshio Fujita;Corwin Hansch

  • The relative toxicity of compounds in mainstream cigarette smoke condensate.

    C.J Smith;C Hansch

  • Crystal structure of avian dihydrofolate reductase containing phenyltriazine and NADPH.

    K W Volz;D A Matthews;R A Alden;S T Freer

  • Comprehensive medicinal chemistry : the rational design, mechanistic study & therapeutic application of chemical compounds

    Corwin Hansch;P. G. Sammes;J. B. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Teri E. Klein
Teri E. Klein Stanford University
Angelo Carotti
Angelo Carotti University of Bari Aldo Moro
Toshio Fujita
Toshio Fujita Kyoto University
Daniel V. Santi
Daniel V. Santi University of California, San Francisco
William A. Denny
William A. Denny University of Auckland
Jacqueline F. Sinclair
Jacqueline F. Sinclair Dartmouth College
Benjamin Bonavida
Benjamin Bonavida University of California, Los Angeles
John A. Montgomery
John A. Montgomery University of Connecticut
Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina
Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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