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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1983 - Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1966 - Nobel Prize for his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method
  • 1963 - Peter Debye Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1936 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1932 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1929 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert S. Mulliken was a scientist affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their career included significant contributions to the understanding of chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules through the molecular orbital method.

Mulliken's research focus and scholarly output were recognized by several major awards. These included the Nobel Prize awarded in 1966 for their fundamental work on chemical bonds and molecular orbital theory. They also received the Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1983 and the Peter Debye Award from the ACS in 1963.

In addition to these recognitions, Mulliken was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1936. Earlier in their career, they were awarded fellowships twice by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, in 1929 and again in 1932.

The scientist's academic legacy includes various other fields of study, subfields, and specific topics of research; however, detailed listings of these areas and publications are not available. There is no record of coauthors or frequent publication venues associated with their work in the provided data.

Robert S. Mulliken was deceased at the time of this publication.

Best Publications

  • Molecular Compounds and their Spectra. II

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • A New Electroaffinity Scale; Together with Data on Valence States and on Valence Ionization Potentials and Electron Affinities

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Electronic Population Analysis on LCAO–MO Molecular Wave Functions. II. Overlap Populations, Bond Orders, and Covalent Bond Energies

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  • Formulas and Numerical Tables for Overlap Integrals

    R. S. Mulliken;C. A. Rieke;D. Orloff;H. Orloff

  • Structures of Complexes Formed by Halogen Molecules with Aromatic and with Oxygenated Solvents1

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Report on Notation for the Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • MOLECULAR COMPOUNDS AND THEIR SPECTRA. 3. THE INTERACTION OF ELECTRON DONORS AND ACCEPTORS

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  • Electronic Population Analysis on LCAO‐MO Molecular Wave Functions. IV. Bonding and Antibonding in LCAO and Valence‐Bond Theories

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  • Electronic Population Analysis on LCAO‐MO Molecular Wave Functions. III. Effects of Hybridization on Overlap and Gross AO Populations

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  • Ultraviolet spectra and excited states of ethylene and its alkyl derivatives

    A. J. Merer;Robert S. Mulliken

  • The Interpretation of Band Spectra Part III. Electron Quantum Numbers and States of Molecules and Their Atoms

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Potential Curves of Diatomic Rare‐Gas Molecules and Their Ions, with Particular Reference to Xe2

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Electronic Structures of Molecules XI. Electroaffinity, Molecular Orbitals and Dipole Moments

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Criteria for the Construction of Good Self‐Consistent‐Field Molecular Orbital Wave Functions, and the Significance of LCAO‐MO Population Analysis

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  • Λ-Type Doubling and Electron Configurations in Diatomic Molecules

    Robert S. Mulliken;Andrew Christy

  • Molecular complexes;: A lecture and reprint volume

    Robert S. Mulliken;S Robert;Willis B. Person Mulliken

  • Intensities in Molecular Electronic Spectra X. Calculations on Mixed‐Halogen, Hydrogen Halide, Alkyl Halide, and Hydroxyl Spectra

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • The Assignment of Quantum Numbers for Electrons in Molecules. I

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Molecular electronic spectra, dispersion and polarization: The theoretical interpretation and computation of oscillator strengths and intensities

    Robert S Mulliken;Carol A Rieke

  • The Rydberg States of Molecules.1a Parts I-V1b

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Donor-Acceptor Complexes

    R. S. Mulliken;Willis B. Person

  • Molecular Complexes and their Spectra. XII. Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra Caused by the Interaction of Oxygen with Organic Molecules1

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  • Intensities of Electronic Transitions in Molecular Spectra I. Introduction

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Intensities of Electronic Transitions in Molecular Spectra II. Charge‐Transfer Spectra

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Overlap Integrals and Chemical Binding1

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Electronic Structures and Spectra of Triatomic Oxide Molecules

    Robert S. Mulliken

  • Intensities of Electronic Transitions in Molecular Spectra IV. Cyclic Dienes and Hyperconjugation

    Robert S. Mulliken

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Friedmann
Peter D. Friedmann University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Theodore Karrison
Theodore Karrison University of Chicago
Marshall H. Chin
Marshall H. Chin University of Chicago
William D. Harkins
William D. Harkins University of Chicago
Robert G. Parr
Robert G. Parr University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert Gomer
Robert Gomer University of Chicago
Willis B. Person
Willis B. Person University of Florida
Arnold C. Wahl
Arnold C. Wahl Argonne National Laboratory
Enrico Clementi
Enrico Clementi International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
Peter Politzer
Peter Politzer University of New Orleans

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