Salvatore Profeta

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Salvatore Profeta is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Salvatore Profeta has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Spectroscopy and 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Salvatore Profeta's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (6 papers), Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (4 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (3 papers). Salvatore Profeta is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (6 papers), Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (4 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (3 papers). Salvatore Profeta collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Salvatore Profeta's co-authors include Peter A. Kollman, Paul K. Weiner, Caterina Ghio, Scott J. Weiner, G. Alagona, David A. Case, U. Chandra Singh, Frank K. Cartledge, Rayomand J. Unwalla and Mark D. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Catalysis and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

In The Last Decade

Salvatore Profeta

20 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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 new force field for molecular mechanical simulation of nucleic acids and proteins

1984 3.9k citations Scott J. Weiner, Peter A. Kollman et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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G. Alagona Italy

Anna Tempczyk Poland

Dzung T. Nguyen United States

Doree Sitkoff United States

Kim Palmö United States

Paul A. Bash United States

Jill E. Gready Australia

Ronald C. Hawley United States

Harald Lanig Germany

Jan Antosiewicz Poland

G. Alagona Italy

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Profeta, Salvatore, et al.. (2018). Reassessment of the Electronic Structure of Cr(VI) Sites Supported on Amorphous Silica and Implications for Cr Coordination Number. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(8). 4349–4358. 17 indexed citations

Lita, Adrian, Yuchuan Tao, Mark Crosswhite, et al.. (2017). Mechanism of Initiation in the Phillips Ethylene Polymerization Catalyst: Ethylene Activation by Cr(II) and the Structure of the Resulting Active Site. ACS Catalysis. 7(11). 7442–7455. 37 indexed citations

Krzystek, J., R. M. Achey, Adrian Lita, et al.. (2015). Mechanism of Initiation in the Phillips Ethylene Polymerization Catalyst: Redox Processes Leading to the Active Site. ACS Catalysis. 5(9). 5574–5583. 61 indexed citations

Dial, Brent E., Brooke N. Bullock, Mark D. Smith, et al.. (2010). Guest-Accelerated Molecular Rotor. Organic Letters. 13(2). 244–247. 35 indexed citations

Profeta, Salvatore, V.S.S. Kumar, Richard E. Austin, & S. Stanley Young. (2009). Differential reactivity of thiophene-2-carboxylic and thiophene-3-carboxylic acids. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 28(6). 540–547. 1 indexed citations

Profeta, Salvatore. (2008). Book Review of Molecular Modeling: Basic Principles and Applications. Third Edition. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 51(18). 5885–5885. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Jun, Mahender B. Dewal, Salvatore Profeta, et al.. (2007). Origins of Selectivity for the [2+2] Cycloaddition of α,β-unsaturated Ketones within a Porous Self-assembled Organic Framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(2). 612–621. 74 indexed citations

Young, S. Stanley, et al.. (1997). Exploratory analysis of chemical structure, bacterial mutagenicity and rodent tumorigenicity. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. 37(1). 115–124. 4 indexed citations

Profeta, Salvatore, Rayomand J. Unwalla, & Daniel Russell. (1994). Relative Energies and Structural Features of Small Amines and Their Ammonium Analogs: Results From 6-31G* Optimizations and an Mm2 Ammonium Force Field. 8(1). 35–46.

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Cartledge, Frank K., et al.. (1990). Development of a molecular mechanics (MM2) force field for α-chlorosilanes. Tetrahedron. 46(24). 8005–8018. 6 indexed citations

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Cho, Soo Gyeong, et al.. (1990). Rotational potential energy functions in ethylchlorosilane,(chloromethyl)methylsilane, and (chloromethyl) chlorosilane: MM2, MNDO, and ab initio calculations. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 204. 79–100. 10 indexed citations

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Cho, Soo Gyeong, Rayomand J. Unwalla, Frank K. Cartledge, & Salvatore Profeta. (1989). Chlorosilanes: Development and application of MM2 force field parameters. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 10(6). 832–849. 14 indexed citations

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Profeta, Salvatore, Rayomand J. Unwalla, & Frank K. Cartledge. (1989). Simple alkyldisilanes: MM2 and ab initio studies of their structures and barriers to rotation. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 10(1). 99–103. 11 indexed citations

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Unwalla, Rayomand J., Salvatore Profeta, & Frank K. Cartledge. (1988). A force field (MM2) study of 1,2-di-tert-butyl- and 1,2-disilylcyclohexanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(24). 5658–5663. 13 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Lawrence R., Norman L. Allinger, & Salvatore Profeta. (1988). Rotation around the C1C2 bond of propylamine, an ab initio study. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 9(5). 460–464. 12 indexed citations

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Profeta, Salvatore, Rayomand J. Unwalla, Binh T. Nguyen, & Frank K. Cartledge. (1986). A Comparison of the Rotational Potential Functions in Butane, Propylsilane, Ethylmethylsilane, and 1,2‐Disilylethane: Ab Initio and MM2 Results. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 7(4). 528–538. 14 indexed citations

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Profeta, Salvatore, Rayomand J. Unwalla, & Frank K. Cartledge. (1986). Structure and torsional potential function of allylsilane: results from MM2 and ab initio calculations [3-21G(*)]. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 51(10). 1884–1885. 17 indexed citations

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Weiner, Scott J., Peter A. Kollman, David A. Case, et al.. (1984). A new force field for molecular mechanical simulation of nucleic acids and proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 106(3). 765–784. 3898 indexed citations breakdown →

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Profeta, Salvatore, Peter A. Kollman, & Manfred E. Wolff. (1982). Conformation of the progesterone side chain: resolution of the apparent conflict between x-ray data and force-field calculations using MM2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 104(13). 3745–3747. 16 indexed citations

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Allinger, Norman L., Ulrich Burkert, & Salvatore Profeta. (1980). Ab initio calculations of the rotational potential functions for propylamine and ethylmethylamine. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 1(3). 281–284. 18 indexed citations

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