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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1962 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Gerhard L. Closs was affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States during their scientific career. Their work spanned multiple decades and contributed to various areas in chemistry and related sciences.

The scientist received several notable recognitions, including the Arthur C. Cope Award from the American Chemical Society in 1991. Earlier honors included becoming a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1981, membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1974, and a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1962.

Closs's research was anchored in the fields of study typical for the era and institution, although specific main fields and subfields are not detailed in the available data. There are no records of recent papers or common co-authors documented, and no specific publication venues or book publishers associated with Closs are listed.

The absence of detailed papers or topics in the records suggests that while Closs was recognized by prominent scientific bodies, individual publication or subject data was not included in this profile.

Best Publications

  • Intramolecular Long-Distance Electron Transfer in Organic Molecules

    Gerhard L. Closs;John R. Miller

  • Intramolecular long-distance electron transfer in radical anions. The effects of free energy and solvent on the reaction rates

    J. R. Miller;L. T. Calcaterra;G. L. Closs

  • Distance, stereoelectronic effects, and the Marcus inverted region in intramolecular electron transfer in organic radical anions

    G. L. Closs;L. T. Calcaterra;N. J. Green;K. W. Penfield

  • Spin-polarized electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of radical pairs in micelles: observation of electron spin-spin interactions

    Gerhard L. Closs;Gerhard L. Closs;Malcolm D. E. Forbes;James R. Norris;James R. Norris

  • Mechanism explaining nuclear spin polarizations in radical combination reactions

    Gerhard L. Closs

  • A connection between intramolecular long-range electron, hole, and triplet energy transfers

    Gerhard L. Closs;Mark D. Johnson;John R. Miller;Piotr Piotrowiak

  • Carbenoid Formation of Arylcyclopropanes from Olefins, Benzal Bromides, and Organolithium Compounds and from Photolysis of Aryldiazomethanes

    G. L. Closs;R. A. Moss

  • Determination of long distance intramolecular triplet energy transfer rates. A quantitative comparison with electron transfer

    Gerhard L. Closs;Piotr Piotrowiak;Jean M. MacInnis;Graham R. Fleming

  • THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF CHLOROPHYLL

    R. B. Woodward;W. A. Ayer;J. M. Beaton;F. Bickelhaupt

  • Fast intramolecular electron transfer in radical ions over long distances across rigid saturated hydrocarbon spacers

    L. T. Calcaterra;G. L. Closs;John R. Miller

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra and Molecular Association of Chlorophylls a and b, Methyl Chlorophyllides, Pheophytins, and Methyl Pheophorbides

    G. L. Closs;J. J. Katz;F. C. Pennington;M. R. Thomas

  • Distance dependence of intramolecular hole and electron transfer in organic radical ions

    Mark D. Johnson;John R. Miller;Nancy S. Green;Gerhard L. Closs

  • A covalently bound dimeric derivative of pyrochlorophyllide a. A Possible model for reaction center chlorophyll

    S. G. Boxer;G. L. Closs

  • The Base-Induced Pyrolysis of Tosylhydrazones of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones. A Convenient Synthesis of Some Alkylcyclopropenes

    Gerhard L. Closs;Liselotte E. Closs;Walter A. Boll

  • Temperature-independent long-range electron transfer reactions in the Marcus inverted region

    Nong Liang;John R. Miller;Gerhard L. Closs

  • Electron spin resonance and CIDNP studies on 1,3-cyclopentadiyls. A localized 1,3 carbon biradical system with a triplet ground state. Tunneling in carbon-carbon bond formation

    S. L. Buchwalter;G. L. Closs

  • Induced dynamic nuclear spin polarization in reactions of photochemically and thermally generated triplet diphenylmethylene

    Gerhard L. Closs;Liselotte E. Closs

  • KINETIC STUDIES ON DIARYLCARBENES

    G. L. Closs;B. E. Rabinow

  • Steady-state and time-resolved direct detection EPR spectra of fullerene triplets in liquid solution and glassy matrixes: evidence for a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in triplet C60

    Gerhard L. Closs;Pennathur Gautam;Daisy Zhang;Paul J. Krusic

  • Infrared Spectra, Molecular Weights, and Molecular Association of Chlorophylls a and b, Methyl Chlorophyllides, and Pheophytins in Various Solvents

    J. J. Katz;G. L. Closs;F. C. Pennington;M. R. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Miller
John R. Miller Brookhaven National Laboratory
James R. Norris
James R. Norris University of Chicago
Joseph Katz
Joseph Katz Johns Hopkins University
Raymond Bonnett
Raymond Bonnett Queen Mary University of London
Georg Wittig
Georg Wittig University of Tübingen
Philip E. Eaton
Philip E. Eaton University of Chicago
Robert Burns Woodward
Robert Burns Woodward Novartis (Switzerland)
Marion C. Thurnauer
Marion C. Thurnauer Argonne National Laboratory

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