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  • 1956 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Robert W. Taft was affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, in the United States. Their career spanned various research efforts, during which they contributed to the academic community primarily through their affiliation with this institution.

Robert W. Taft was recognized in 1956 as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, an acknowledgment that denotes a significant professional distinction during their active years.

Data related to specific research papers, coauthors, publication venues, fields of study, subfields, and main topics of work was not available. Therefore, details such as published titles, research collaborations, and thematic focus areas cannot be outlined.

Best Publications

  • Linear solvation energy relationships. 23. A comprehensive collection of the solvatochromic parameters, .pi.*, .alpha., and .beta., and some methods for simplifying the generalized solvatochromic equation

    Mortimer J. Kamlet;Jose Luis M. Abboud;Michael H. Abraham;R. W. Taft

  • The solvatochromic comparison method. I. The .beta.-scale of solvent hydrogen-bond acceptor (HBA) basicities

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  • The solvatochromic comparison method. 6. The .pi.* scale of solvent polarities

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  • The solvatochromic comparison method. 2. The .alpha.-scale of solvent hydrogen-bond donor (HBD) acidities

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  • Linear solvation energy relations

    Robert W. Taft;Jose-Luis M. Abboud;Mortimer J. Kamlet;Michael H. Abraham

  • Linear solvation energy relationship. 46. An improved equation for correlation and prediction of octanol/water partition coefficients of organic nonelectrolytes (including strong hydrogen bond donor solutes)

    Mortimer J. Kamlet;Ruth M. Doherty;Michael H. Abraham;Yizhak Marcus

  • Polar and Steric Substituent Constants for Aliphatic and o-Benzoate Groups from Rates of Esterification and Hydrolysis of Esters1

    Robert W. Taft

  • The Gas-Phase Acidities of Very Strong Neutral Bronsted Acids

    Ilmar A. Koppel;Robert W. Taft;Frederick Anvia;Shi-Zheng Zhu

  • Structural and solvent effects evaluated from acidities measured in dimethyl sulfoxide and in the gas phase

    Robert W. Taft;Frederick G. Bordwell

  • The General Nature of the Proportionality of Polar Effects of Substituent Groups in Organic Chemistry

    Robert W. Taft

  • SIGMA VALUES FROM REACTIVITIES1

    Robert W. Taft

  • Fluorine Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Shielding in meta-Substituted Fluorobenzenes. The Effect of Solvent on the Inductive Order

    Robert W. Taft;Elton Price

  • Linear Free Energy Relationships from Rates of Esterification and Hydrolysis of Aliphatic and Ortho-substituted Benzoate Esters

    Robert W. Taft

  • The General Applicability of a Fixed Scale of Inductive Effects. II. Inductive Effects of Dipolar Substituents in the Reactivities of m- and p-Substituted Derivatives of Benzene1,2

    Robert W. Taft;Irwin C. Lewis

  • Fluorine Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Shielding in p-Substituted Fluorobenzenes. The Influence of Structure and Solvent on Resonance Effects

    Robert W. Taft;Elton. Price;Irwin R. Fox;Irwin C. Lewis

  • Linear Solvation Energy Relationships: 36. Molecular Properties Governing Solubilities of Organic Nonelectrolytes In Water

    Mortimer J. Kamlet;Ruth M. Doherty;Jose-Luis M. Abboud;Michael H. Abraham

  • Linear Solvation Energy Relationships. Standard Molar Gibbs Free Energies and Enthalpies of Transfer of Ions from Water into Nonaqueous Solvents

    Y. Marcus;M. J. Kamlet;R. W. Taft

  • Studies of hydrogen-bonded complex formation with p-fluorophenol. V. Linear free energy relationships with OH reference acids

    Robert W. Taft;D. Gurka;Louis Joris;Paul von R. Schleyer

  • A scale of directional substituent polarizability parameters from ab initio calculations of polarizability potentials

    Warren J. Hehre;Chin Fong. Pau;Allan D. Headley;Robert W. Taft

  • Gas phase basicities and relative proton affinities of compounds between water and ammonia from pulsed ion cyclotron resonance thermal equilibriums measurements

    J. F. Wolf;R. H. Staley;I. Koppel;M. Taagepera

  • Study of retention processes in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography by the use of the solvatochromic comparison method.

    Paul C. Sadek;Peter W. Carr;Ruth M. Doherty;Mortimer J. Kamlet

  • Solvent effects in organic chemistry: recent developments

    M. H. Abraham;P. L. Grellier;J.-L. M. Abboud;R. M. Doherty

  • The Nature and Analysis of Substitutent Electronic Effects

    Robert W. Taft;R. D. Topsom

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Abraham
Michael H. Abraham University College London
Warren J. Hehre
Warren J. Hehre University of California, Irvine
Mortimer J. Kamlet
Mortimer J. Kamlet Silver Spring Networks
Javier Catalán
Javier Catalán Autonomous University of Madrid
José Elguero
José Elguero Spanish National Research Council
Ruth M. Doherty
Ruth M. Doherty University of Edinburgh
Rosa M. Claramunt
Rosa M. Claramunt National University of Distance Education
William F. Reynolds
William F. Reynolds University of Toronto
Lionel Goodman
Lionel Goodman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Manuel Yáñez
Manuel Yáñez Autonomous University of Madrid

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