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Australia
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
50188
World Ranking
1248
National Ranking
37

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 1988 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Leo Radom is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has a research focus primarily in the field of Chemistry. Their work spans several subfields, including Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Pharmaceutical Science.

The scientist's publication record includes papers across multiple respected venues, notably with significant contributions to IUPAC Standards Online. Other publication venues include Pure and Applied Chemistry and Molecular Physics.

Recent papers by Leo Radom include:

  • Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021), 2022, Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Conservation of Orbital Symmetry, 2023, IUPAC Standards Online
  • Reactive Intermediate, 2023, IUPAC Standards Online
  • Phase-Transfer Catalysis, 2023, IUPAC Standards Online
  • Kamlet-Taft Solvent Parameters, 2023, IUPAC Standards Online

Their frequent coauthorships include collaborations with Charles L. Perrin, Israel Agranat, Alessandro Bagno, Silvia E. Braslavsky, and Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes.

Leo Radom's research covers a variety of chemistry topics, including:

  • Various Chemistry Research Topics
  • History and advancements in chemistry
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Chemical Reactions and Isotopes
  • Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

In 1988, Leo Radom was recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Harmonic Vibrational Frequencies: An Evaluation of Hartree−Fock, Møller−Plesset, Quadratic Configuration Interaction, Density Functional Theory, and Semiempirical Scale Factors

    Anthony P. Scott;Leo Radom

  • An Evaluation of Harmonic Vibrational Frequency Scale Factors

    Jeffrey P. Merrick;Damian Moran;Leo Radom

  • Molecular orbital theory of the electronic structure of organic compounds. V. Molecular theory of bond separation

    Warren J. Hehre;R. Ditchfield;L. Radom;John A. Pople

  • Extension of Gaussian-2 (G2) theory to molecules containing third-row atoms K and Ca

    Jean-Philippe Blaudeau;Mark P. McGrath;Larry A. Curtiss;Leo Radom

  • Scaling Factors for Obtaining Fundamental Vibrational Frequencies and Zero-Point Energies from HF/6–31G* and MP2/6–31G* Harmonic Frequencies

    John A. Pople;John A. Pople;Anthony P. Scott;Ming Wah Wong;Leo Radom

  • Factors Controlling the Addition of Carbon‐Centered Radicals to Alkenes—An Experimental and Theoretical Perspective

    Hanns Fischer;Leo Radom

  • Extension of Gaussian‐1 (G1) theory to bromine‐containing molecules

    Mark P. McGrath;Leo Radom

  • Extension of Gaussian‐2 (G2) theory to bromine‐ and iodine‐containing molecules: Use of effective core potentials

    Mikhail N. Glukhovtsev;Addy Pross;Mark P. McGrath;Leo Radom

  • Molecular orbital theory of the electronic structure of organic compounds. XIII. Fourier component analysis of internal rotation potential functions in saturated molecules

    Leo Radom;Warren J. Hehre;John A. Pople

  • Molecular orbital theory of the electronic structure of organic compounds. VIII. Geometries, energies, and polarities of C3 hydrocarbons

    L. Radom;W. A. Lathan;W. J. Hehre;J. A. Pople

  • Molecular orbital theory of the electronic structure of organic compounds. XII. Conformations, stabilities, and charge distributions in monosubstituted benzenes

    Warren J. Hehre;Leo Radom;John A. Pople

  • Molecular orbital theory of the electronic structure of organic compounds. VII. Systematic study of energies, conformations, and bond interactions

    John A. Pople;Leo Radom;Warren J. Hehre

  • Ab initio statistical thermodynamical models for the computation of third-law entropies

    Allan L. L. East;Leo Radom

  • Molecular orbital theory of the electronic structure of organic compounds. IV. Internal rotation in hydrocarbons using a minimal Slater-type basis

    L. Radom;John A. Pople

  • Molecular orbital theory of the electronic structure of organic compounds. XVII. Internal rotation in 1,2-disubstituted ethanes

    Leo. Radom;William A. Lathan;Warren J. Hehre;John A. Pople

  • DETECTION OF THE PROTOTYPE PHOSPHONIUM (CH2PH3), SULFONIUM (CH2SH2) AND CHLORONIUM (CH2CLH) YLIDES BY NEUTRALIZATION-REIONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY: A THEORETICAL PREDICTION

    B. F. Yates;W. J. Bouma;L. Radom

  • Bond Dissociation Energies and Radical Stabilization Energies Associated with Substituted Methyl Radicals

    David J. Henry;Christopher J. Parkinson;Paul M. Mayer;Leo Radom

  • Assigning absolute values to proton affinities: a differentiation between competing scales

    Brian J. Smith;Leo Radom

  • Strong conformational consequences of hyperconjugation

    Roald Hoffmann;Leo Radom;John A. Pople;Paul v. R. Schleyer

  • G3-RAD and G3X-RAD: Modified Gaussian-3 (G3) and Gaussian-3X (G3X) procedures for radical thermochemistry

    David J. Henry;Michael B. Sullivan;Leo Radom

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian J. Smith
Brian J. Smith QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
John A. Pople
John A. Pople Stanford University
Ming Wah Wong
Ming Wah Wong National University of Singapore
Addy Pross
Addy Pross Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Michelle L. Coote
Michelle L. Coote Flinders University
Warren J. Hehre
Warren J. Hehre University of California, Irvine
Paul v. R. Schleyer
Paul v. R. Schleyer University of Georgia
Brian F. Yates
Brian F. Yates University of Tasmania
Bernard T. Golding
Bernard T. Golding Newcastle University
Peter Gill
Peter Gill Oslo University Hospital

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