What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Organic chemistry
- Hydrogen
- Ion
His main research concerns Organic chemistry, Substituent, Computational chemistry, Solvation and Scale.
His studies deal with areas such as Ion, Molecular physics and Phenols as well as Substituent.
His biological study deals with issues like Solvent effects, which deal with fields such as Chemical shift and Nucleophilic substitution.
His work carried out in the field of Solvation brings together such families of science as Octanol, Hydrogen bond and Physical chemistry.
His Physical chemistry study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Solvatochromism and Bond energy.
His Solvent study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Fluorobenzenes and Fluorine.
His most cited work include:
- 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) (390 citations)
- Polar and Steric Substituent Constants for Aliphatic and o-Benzoate Groups from Rates of Esterification and Hydrolysis of Esters1 (368 citations)
- The Gas-Phase Acidities of Very Strong Neutral Bronsted Acids (330 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Organic chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Solvation, Substituent and Computational chemistry are his primary areas of study.
His Hydrolysis, Alkalinity, Solubility, Reactivity and Aliphatic compound investigations are all subjects of Organic chemistry research.
While working in this field, Robert W. Taft studies both Inorganic chemistry and Gas phase.
His work focuses on many connections between Solvation and other disciplines, such as Physical chemistry, that overlap with his field of interest in Stereochemistry.
Substituent is a subfield of Medicinal chemistry that Robert W. Taft tackles.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Ab initio and Molecular orbital in addition to Computational chemistry.
He most often published in these fields:
- Organic chemistry (19.82%)
- Inorganic chemistry (17.62%)
- Solvation (15.86%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1982-2011)?
- Organic chemistry (19.82%)
- Solvation (15.86%)
- Computational chemistry (14.98%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Organic chemistry, Solvation, Computational chemistry, Hydrogen bond and Physical chemistry.
His Organic chemistry study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Medicinal chemistry.
His Solvation research incorporates themes from Partition coefficient, Solvent effects and Carbon-13 NMR.
His work deals with themes such as Substituent, Ab initio and Tautomer, which intersect with Computational chemistry.
His Hydrogen bond study incorporates themes from Solvent, Inorganic chemistry, Photochemistry, Trifluoroacetic acid and Intramolecular force.
As part of one scientific family, he deals mainly with the area of Physical chemistry, narrowing it down to issues related to the Stereochemistry, and often Protonation.
Between 1982 and 2011, his most popular works were:
- 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) (390 citations)
- The Gas-Phase Acidities of Very Strong Neutral Bronsted Acids (330 citations)
- Solvent effects in organic chemistry — recent developments (235 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Organic chemistry
- Hydrogen
- Ion
Robert W. Taft mainly investigates Solvation, Solubility, Organic chemistry, Inorganic chemistry and Computational chemistry.
His Solvation research incorporates elements of Hydrogen bond and Physical chemistry.
His research in Solubility intersects with topics in Partition coefficient, Molar volume and Polymer.
The concepts of his Inorganic chemistry study are interwoven with issues in Solvation shell and Ion pairs.
The various areas that Robert W. Taft examines in his Computational chemistry study include Substituent and Electron transfer.
The Substituent study combines topics in areas such as Ab initio quantum chemistry methods, Electronegativity, Gaussian orbital, Polarizability and Photochemistry.
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