Robert W. Taft

14.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
174 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

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Robert W. Taft is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert W. Taft has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Organic Chemistry, 69 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 55 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Robert W. Taft's work include Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (37 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (34 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (33 papers). Robert W. Taft is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (37 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (34 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (33 papers). Robert W. Taft collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Estonia. Robert W. Taft's co-authors include Mortimer J. Kamlet, Michael H. Abraham, Ruth M. Doherty, R. D. Topsom, Irwin C. Lewis, Warren J. Hehre, José‐Luis M. Abboud, C. F. Pau, Allan D. Headley and F. G. Bordwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Robert W. Taft

169 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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

1986 1.1k citations Warren J. Hehre, Robert W. Taft et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Linear solvation energy relations

1985 490 citations Robert W. Taft, José‐Luis M. Abboud et al. profile →
Polar and Steric Substituent Constants for Aliphatic and o-Benzoate Groups from Rates of Esterification and Hydrolysis of Esters¹

1952 394 citations Robert W. Taft Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
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)

1988 393 citations Mortimer J. Kamlet, Ruth M. Doherty et al. profile →
The General Nature of the Proportionality of Polar Effects of Substituent Groups in Organic Chemistry

1953 273 citations Robert W. Taft Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert W. Taft United States	53	6.1k	3.9k	2.8k	2.0k	1.9k	174	11.5k
R. W. TAFT United States	38	10.2k 1.7×	4.2k 1.1×	5.6k 2.0×	4.6k 2.3×	2.3k 1.2×	98	19.1k
Mortimer J. Kamlet United States	48	6.2k 1.0×	4.5k 1.2×	5.2k 1.8×	5.7k 2.8×	1.6k 0.9×	141	15.8k
S. J. Cyvín Norway	38	4.0k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	2.5k 1.2×	2.5k 1.3×	714	9.9k
Eolo Scrocco Italy	22	4.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	2.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	2.7k 1.5×	40	9.4k
A. Bondì United States	15	7.7k 1.2×	2.4k 0.6×	4.2k 1.5×	4.8k 2.4×	2.1k 1.1×	38	18.4k
J.‐L. M. Abboud Spain	29	3.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	2.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	89	7.3k
C. L. Reichardt Germany	43	8.2k 1.3×	3.6k 0.9×	6.8k 2.4×	6.6k 3.2×	2.4k 1.3×	221	20.0k
F. G. Bordwell United States	55	10.5k 1.7×	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	773 0.4×	281	13.6k
Joel F. Liebman United States	44	6.5k 1.1×	2.0k 0.5×	2.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	428	10.6k
Georges Wipff France	50	2.5k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	984 0.3×	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	226	8.7k

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Abraham, Michael H., James A. Platts, Anne Hersey, Albert J. Leo, & Robert W. Taft. (1999). Correlation and estimation of gas–chloroform and water–chloroform partition coefficients by a linear free energy relationship method. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 88(7). 670–679. 88 indexed citations

Burk, Peeter, Ilmar A. Koppel, Ivar Koppel, L. M. YAGUPOL'SKII, & Robert W. Taft. (1996). Superacidity of neutral Br�nsted acids in gas phase. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 17(1). 30–41. 42 indexed citations

Abboud, J.‐L. M., Rafael Notario, Juan Bertrán, & Robert W. Taft. (1991). Use of gas-phase basicities for the study of solution kinetics: an unprecedented extension of Broensted correlations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113(13). 4738–4740. 11 indexed citations

Abraham, Michael H., Gabriel J. Buist, Priscilla L. Grellier, et al.. (1989). Hydrogen‐bonding 8. Possible equivalence of solute and solvent scales of hydrogen‐bond basicity of non‐associated compounds. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry. 2(7). 540–552. 39 indexed citations

Kamlet, Mortimer J., Ruth M. Doherty, Peter W. Carr, et al.. (1988). Linear solvation energy relationships. 44. Parameter estimation rules that allow accurate prediction of octanol/water partition coefficients and other solubility and toxicity properties of polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Science & Technology. 22(5). 503–509. 92 indexed citations

Catalán, Javier, Rosa M. Claramunt, José Elguero, et al.. (1988). Basicity and acidity of azoles: the annelation effect in azoles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 110(13). 4105–4111. 115 indexed citations

Abboud, J.‐L. M., Javier Catalán, José Elguero, & Robert W. Taft. (1988). Polarizability effects on the aqueous solution basicity of substituted pyridines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(6). 1137–1140. 39 indexed citations

Abraham, Michael H., Gabriel J. Buist, Priscilla L. Grellier, et al.. (1987). Solubility properties in polymers and biological media. Journal of Chromatography A. 409. 15–27. 52 indexed citations

Kamlet, Mortimer J., Ruth M. Doherty, Vera Fiserova‐Bergerova, et al.. (1987). Solubility Properties in Biological Media 9: Prediction of Solubility and Partition of Organic Nonelectrolytes in Blood and Tissues from Solvatochromic Parameters. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 76(1). 14–17. 31 indexed citations

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Carr, Peter W., Ruth M. Doherty, Mortimer J. Kamlet, et al.. (1986). Study of temperature and mobile-phase effects in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography by the use of the solvatochromic comparison method. Analytical Chemistry. 58(13). 2674–2680. 168 indexed citations

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Marriott, Stephen, R. D. Topsom, Carlito B. Lebrilla, et al.. (1986). Proton affinities of substituted cyanides. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 137(1-2). 133–141. 21 indexed citations

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Abboud, José‐Luis M., Robert W. Taft, & Mortimer J. Kamlet. (1982). Linear Solvation Energy Relationships. 18. Solvent Effects on the Electronic Absorption Spectrum of p-Nitrophenoxide Ion. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 55(2). 603–606. 2 indexed citations

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Bromilow, John, Robert T. C. Brownlee, David J. Craik, Maruse Sadek, & Robert W. Taft. (1980). Nonadditive carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance substituent shifts in 1,4-disubstituted benzenes. Nonlinear resonance and shift-charge ratio effects. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(12). 2429–2438. 126 indexed citations

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Wolf, J. F., et al.. (1976). Isotope effects on gas phase reaction processes. 2. Equilibrium isotope effects on the proton transfer reactions of methylbenzenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 98(17). 5097–5101. 4 indexed citations

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Taft, Robert W., et al.. (1972). The synthesis of 4‐fluorolutidines and 4‐fluoropyridine. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 9(3). 745–746. 5 indexed citations

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Love, P. A., Ronald B. Cohen, & Robert W. Taft. (1968). Polar substituent effects in gas-phase Lewis acid-base equilibriums. I. Insrinsic basicity of amines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(10). 2455–2462. 21 indexed citations

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Taft, Robert W. & Irwin C. Lewis. (1959). Evaluation of Resonance Effects on Reactivity by Application of the Linear Inductive Energy Relationship. V. Concerning a σ_R Scale of Resonance Effects^1,2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 81(20). 5343–5352. 108 indexed citations

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Taft, Robert W.. (1957). Concerning the Electron-Withdrawing Power and the Electronegativity of Groups. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 26(1). 93–96. 40 indexed citations

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Taft, Robert W.. (1952). Linear Free Energy Relationships from Rates of Esterification and Hydrolysis of Aliphatic and Ortho-substituted Benzoate Esters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(11). 2729–2732. 248 indexed citations

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Taft, Robert W.. (1952). The Dependence of the Rate of Hydration of Isobutene on the Acidity Function, H₀, and the Mechanism for Olefin Hydration in Aqueous Acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(21). 5372–5376. 49 indexed citations

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