C. Gardner Swain

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

C. Gardner Swain is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Gardner Swain has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Organic Chemistry, 22 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 22 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in C. Gardner Swain's work include Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (17 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (16 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (12 papers). C. Gardner Swain is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (17 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (16 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (12 papers). C. Gardner Swain collaborates with scholars based in United States. C. Gardner Swain's co-authors include Elmer C. Lupton, C. Scott, John F. Brown, Marguerite S. Swain, Arnet L. Powell, Richard F. W. Bader, L. J. Schaad, Sergio Alunni, John E. Sheats and Edward R. Thornton and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

C. Gardner Swain

82 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Field and resonance components of substituent effects 1968 2026 1987 2006 1968 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Field and resonance components of substituent effects
    1968 751 citations C. Gardner Swain et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

C. Gardner Swain
Jack Hine United States
V. J. Shiner United States
R. P. Bell United Kingdom
William G. Dauben United States
W. J. Le Noble United States
Christopher Kelk Ingold United Kingdom
Maurice M. Kreevoy United States
P. de Mayo Canada
J. F. Bunnett United States
Glen A. Russell United States
Jack Hine United States
C. Gardner Swain
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Swain, C. Gardner, et al.. (1983). Substituent effects on chemical reactivity. Improved evaluation of field and resonance components. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(3). 492–502. 143 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner & Marguerite S. Swain. (1980). A Uniform Random Number Generator That Is Reproducible, Hardware-Independent, and Fast. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. 20(1). 56–58. 5 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner, Arnet L. Powell, William A. Sheppard, & Charles R. Morgan. (1979). Mechanism of the Cannizzaro reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 101(13). 3576–3583. 143 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner & DeLanson R. Crist. (1972). Mechanisms of chlorination by hypochlorous acid. The last of chlorinium ion, Cl+. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(9). 3195–3200. 72 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner, et al.. (1968). Kinetics of neutral and alkaline hydrolyses of trimethylsulfonium and benzylmethylphenylsulfonium salts. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 33(6). 2534–2536. 6 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner & Gen-ichi Tsuchihashi. (1962). The Question of Intimate Ion Pairs. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 84(10). 2021–2022. 6 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner & Edward R. Thornton. (1962). Effect of Structural Changes in Reactants on the Structure of Transition States. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 84(5). 817–821. 17 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner & Edward R. Thornton. (1961). Effect of structural changes in reactants on the structure of transition states. Tetrahedron Letters. 2(6). 211–215. 1 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner, et al.. (1960). I. Mechanism of Solvolysis of Triphenylmethyl Chloride in Hydroxylic Solvents1—3. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 82(23). 6095–6101. 4 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner & Richard F. W. Bader. (1960). The nature of the structure difference between light and heavy water and the origin of the solvent isotope effect—I. Tetrahedron. 10(3-4). 182–199. 101 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Earl, Charles L. Kibby, & C. Gardner Swain. (1960). AN INVERSE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE EFFECT IN THE HYDROLYSIS OF SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE1,2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 82(22). 5950–5951. 17 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner, et al.. (1958). Mechanisms of Decomposition of Neutral Sulfonium Salts in Solution. II. t-Butyldimethylsulfonium Salts1-3. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(15). 4092–4094. 12 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner & A. J. Kresge. (1958). Exchange Reactions between Hydrogen Gas and Hydroxyl Groups. A Convenient Preparation of Tritium-labeled Water1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(19). 5281–5283. 1 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner, L. J. Schaad, & A. J. Kresge. (1958). The Mechanism of Decomposition of Benzoyl Peroxide in Cyclohexane Solution1-3. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(19). 5313–5319. 17 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner, et al.. (1957). RELATIVE REACTIVITIES OF TOLUENE, TOLUENE-α,α,α-d3 AND TOLUENE-α-t IN ELECTROPHILIC NITRATION, MERCURATION AND BROMINATION1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(2). 505–505. 12 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner, et al.. (1955). Correlation of Rates of Solvolysis with a Special Two-parameter Equation1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77(14). 3737–3741. 5 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner, et al.. (1955). Spectral Detection of a Transient Ion Pair Intermediate in the Reaction of a Triarylmethyl Chloride with Pyrrole in Benzene Solution1,2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77(17). 4681–4683. 2 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner & C. Scott. (1953). Quantitative Correlation of Relative Rates. Comparison of Hydroxide Ion with Other Nucleophilic Reagents toward Alkyl Halides, Esters, Epoxides and Acyl Halides1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 75(1). 141–147. 496 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner & John F. Brown. (1952). Complexing of Pyridine with Phenol and Other Acids in Benzene Solution1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(10). 2691–2691. 3 indexed citations
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Swain, C. Gardner, et al.. (1951). The Mechanism of Addition of Grignard Reagents to Ketones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 73(2). 870–872. 48 indexed citations

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