28 May 2021
Prof. Dr. Luis R. Domingo Appointed Editor-in-Chief of the “Theoretical Chemistry” Section in Chemistry
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We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Luis R. Domingo has been appointed as Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Theoretical Chemistry” Section in Chemistry (ISSN: 2624-8549).
Luis R. Domingo obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1987 in the field of organic synthesis. In 2010, he obtained his current position of Full Professor in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Valencia. His research interest is the study of organic chemical reactivity using quantum chemical procedures based on the analysis of electron density. He has more than 340 peer-reviewed publications in the field of Theoretical Organic Chemistry, with more than 13,400 citations and h-index 55 (Google Academic). He is a referee for most organic and multidisciplinary chemical journals, having reviewed more than 600 articles, and he has been Editor of eight Special Issues. In 2014, he was named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2009, he proposed the mechanism of polar Diels–Alder reactions, against the “pericyclic mechanism”, and, in 2019, he established the relationship between the structure and reactivity of the three atom components participating in [3+2] cycloaddition reactions, proposing four different reaction mechanisms. He has developed several reactivity indices within the Conceptual Density Functional Theory (CDFT), such as the nucleophilicity N index, and the electrophilic and nucleophilic Parr functions, allowing the study of polar organic reactions. In 2014, he proposed the global electron density transfer (GEDT) as one of the main factors controlling polar reactions. After 20 years working in the field of Theoretical Organic Chemistry, in 2016, he proposed a new reactivity theory named Molecular Electron Density Theory (MEDT) based on the analysis of the changes of the electron density along with an organic chemical reaction, revealing that established theories based on molecular orbital analyses, such as the Frontier Molecular Orbital (FMO) theory, are today entirely outdated.
Name: Prof. Dr. Luis R. Domingo
Email: [email protected]
Affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
Interests: chemical organic reactivity; molecular electron density theory; conceptual density functional theory applied to the organic chemistry; topology of the electron density
Homepage: https://www.luisrdomingo.com