Louis P. Hammett

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Louis P. Hammett was an influential American physical organic chemist known for pioneering quantitative relationships between structure and reactivity, including the Hammett equation.

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Louis Plack Hammett 1

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instanceOf American chemist
chemist
person
physical organic chemist
authorOf Physical Organic Chemistry
awardReceived National Medal of Science
Priestley Medal
Willard Gibbs Award
linked to: Willard Gibbs Medal
birthDate 1894-04-07
citizenship United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1987-02-23
developed Hammett acidity function
Hammett equation
educatedAt Columbia University
Harvard University
employer Columbia University
familyName Hammett
linked to: Dashiell Hammett
fieldOfWork organic chemistry
physical chemistry
physical organic chemistry
fullName Louis Plack Hammett
linked to: Louis P. Hammett
givenName Louis
hasAcademicDiscipline chemistry
influenced development of physical organic chemistry as a discipline
use of substituent constants in reactivity correlations
knownFor Hammett acidity function
Hammett equation
linear free-energy relationships
quantitative relationships between structure and reactivity
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
nationality American
notableConcept Hammett sigma constants
notableStudent Saul Winstein
William von Eggers Doering
notableWork Physical Organic Chemistry
occupation research scientist
university teacher
positionHeld professor of chemistry at Columbia University
researchInterest acid–base chemistry
reaction mechanisms
substituent effects
sexOrGender male
workLocation New York City

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Priestley Medal hasRecipient Louis P. Hammett
Louis P. Hammett fullName Louis Plack Hammett
linked to: Louis P. Hammett