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Roald Hoffmann

Cornell University
United States

Chemistry

USA

2023

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Chemistry D-index 138 Citations 85,088 787 World Ranking 105 National Ranking 60

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award

2017 - Polish Academy of Science

2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

2009 - James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)

2007 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

1998 - Kołos Medal (Medal im. Włodzimierza Kołosa), University of Warsaw and Polish Chemical Society

1996 - George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, American Chemical Society (ACS)

1990 - Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)

1986 - NAS Award in Chemical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (US) For his unifying contributions to chemistry, bringing together theory and experiment; quantum mechanics; and organic, inorganic, organometallic, and solid state chemistry.

1984 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

1983 - US President's National Medal of Science "His creative applications of theory to organic and inorganic chemistry have brought together the world community of chemists. The magnitude and uniqueness of his contributions to modern chemistry and the scientific process are contributing to an ever-improving understanding of chemistry.", Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on February 27, 1985.

1982 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

1981 - Nobel Prize for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions

1981 - William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)

1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

1974 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

1974 - Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)

1973 - Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)

1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

1971 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1966 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date

In his articles, Roald Hoffmann combines various disciplines, including Molecular orbital and Hückel method. Roald Hoffmann connects Hückel method with Molecular orbital in his research. He conducted interdisciplinary study in his works that combined Quantum mechanics and Statistical physics. He performs integrative study on Statistical physics and Quantum mechanics in his works. He applies his multidisciplinary studies on Computational chemistry and Extended Hückel method in his research. Roald Hoffmann conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Extended Hückel method and Computational chemistry through his works. In his research, Roald Hoffmann performs multidisciplinary study on Molecule and Lone pair. His study brings together the fields of Organic chemistry and Lone pair. Roald Hoffmann regularly links together related areas like Protonation in his Organic chemistry studies.

Roald Hoffmann most often published in these fields:

Molecular orbital (100.00%)
Quantum mechanics (100.00%)
Computational chemistry (100.00%)

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Best Publications

An Extended Hückel Theory. I. Hydrocarbons

Ronald Hoffmann.
Journal of Chemical Physics (1963)

7417 Citations

The Conservation of Orbital Symmetry

R. B. Woodward;Roald Hoffmann.
Angewandte Chemie (1969)

5032 Citations

Interaction of orbitals through space and through bonds

Roald Hoffmann.
Accounts of Chemical Research (1971)

1964 Citations

Orbital interactions in metal dimer complexes

P. Jeffrey Hay;Jack C. Thibeault;Roald Hoffmann.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1975)

1862 Citations

Stereochemistry of Electrocyclic Reactions

R. B. Woodward;Roald Hoffmann.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1965)

1762 Citations

Building Bridges Between Inorganic and Organic Chemistry (Nobel Lecture)

Roald Hoffmann.
Angewandte Chemie (1982)

1669 Citations

Structure and chemistry of bis(cyclopentadienyl)-MLn complexes

Joseph W. Lauher;Roald Hoffmann.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1976)

1588 Citations

Die Erhaltung der Orbitalsymmetrie

R. B. Woodward;R. Hoffmann.
Angewandte Chemie (1969)

1434 Citations

Theory of Polyhedral Molecules. I. Physical Factorizations of the Secular Equation

Roald Hoffmann;William N. Lipscomb.
Journal of Chemical Physics (1962)

1238 Citations

The band structure of the tetracyanoplatinate chain

Myung-Hwan Whangbo;Roald Hoffmann.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1978)

1227 Citations

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External Links

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