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He has received
honorary doctorates in Lyon, France, Munich, Germany, and Kiev, Ukraine
as well as awards in seven countries and in different areas: physical
organic, computational, boron, lithium and most recently
theoretical chemistry. He is past President of the World Association of
Theoretically-Oriented Chemists (WATOC), a Fellow of the Bavarian and
the International Academy of Quantum Chemical Science, Coeditor
emeritus of the Journal of Computational Chemistry, and the
Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry. His 12
books deal with carbonium ions, ab initio molecular orbital theory,
lithium chemistry, as well as ab initio structures and involve
collaborations with Nobel Laureates H. C. Brown, G. A. Olah, and J. A.
Pople. A 1981-1997 survey identified him as being the third most cited
chemist. He has published over 1100 papers.
Schleyer's research contributions
include the discovery of simple ways of synthesizing adamantane
and other cage molecules by rearrangement, new types of hydrogen
bonding, elucidation of solvolysis mechanisms and the nature of
reactive intermediates, as well as a broad range of physical organic,
organometallic, inorganic and theoretical topics. As a pioneer computational
chemist, the discoveries of basically new molecular structures,
particularly those involving lithium and electron deficient systems,
are among his major achievements. Currently he is rejuvenating interest
in aromaticity and exploring planar hypercoordination of carbon
and other elements.
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