Older Research Publications:

• Speers, P.; Laidig, K. E.; Streitwieser, A. "Atomic and Molecular Origins of the Acidity Trends in Dimethyl Sulfide, Dimethyl Sulfone, and Dimethyl Sulfoxide." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 9257.
• Laidig, K. E. "Density Functinoal Methods and the Spatial Distribution of Electronic Charge." Chem. Phys. Letters, 1994, 255, 285.
• Speers, P.; Laidig, K. E. "Theroretical Investigations of Protonation and Lithiation: First and Second Row Ketones." J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 2, 1994, 799.
• Laidig, K. E. "A General Expression for the Spatial Partitioning of the Moments and Mulitpole Moments of Molecular Charge Distributions." J. Phys. Chem., 1993, 97, 12760.
• Werstiuk, N. H.; Laidig, K. E.; Ma, J. "Application of the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules to a Study of the Anomeric Effect in Dimethoxymethane." in "The Anomeric Effect and Associated Stereoelectronic Effects.", ACS Symposium Series 539, G. R. J. Thatcher, ed., 1993, 176.
• Laidig, K. E.; Cameron, L. M. "What Happens to Formamide During C-N Bond Rotation? Atomic and Molecular Energetics and Reactivity as a Function of Internal Rotation." Can. J. Chem., 1993, 71, 872.
• Dixon, R. E.; Streitwieser, A., Jr.; Laidig, K. E.; Bader, R. F. W.; Harder, S. "The Reaction of Lithium Amide with Methane. An ab initio and Atoms in Molecules Study." J. Phys. Chem., 1993, 97, 3728.
• Wiberg, K. B.; Laidig, K. E. "Substituent Effects. 3. A Comparison of Ethyl, Vinyl, Isopropyl, and Cyclopropyl Derivatives." J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 5092.
• Laidig, K. E. "Use of the Nuclear Potential to Investigate the 'Atomic Size' Dependency of the Populations Defined within the Theory of Atoms in Molecules." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 7912.
• Bader, R. F. W.; Laidig, K. E. "The Definition of a Chemical Bond, of Molecular Structure, and of Its Change as Exemplified by the Structure Diagram for C4H7+." J. Mol. Struct. (THEOCHEM), 1992, 261, 1.
• Bader, R. F. W.; Gough, K. M.; Laidig, K. E.; Keith, T. A. "Properties of Atoms in Molecules: Additivity and Transferability of Group Polarizabilities." Mol. Phys., 1992, 75, 1167.
• Laidig, K. E. "The Atomic Basis of the Molecular Quadrupole Moments in Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sulphoxide, and Carbon Disulphide." Chem. Phys., 1992, 162, 287.
• Laidig, K. E. "The Use of Charge Density to Investigate Chemical Reactions; The Displacement of Methyl Chloride by Flouride Ion." J. Mol. Struc. (THEOCHEM)., 1992, 255, 93.
• Laidig, K. E. "The Atomic Basis of the Molecular Quadrupole Moments in Benzene and Hexafluorobenzene." Chem. Phys. Letters, 1991, 185, 483.
• Laidig, K. E. "The Energetics of Hydrocarbon Branching." J. Phys. Chem., 1991, 95, 7709.
• Bader, R. F. W.; Laidig, K. E. "The Prediction and Calculation of Properties of Atoms in Molecules." J. Mol. Struc. (THEOCHEM), 1991, 234, 75.
• Laidig, K. E.; Bader, R. F. W. "Distorted Amides: Correlation of Their Enhanced Solvolysis with Local Charge Depletions at Carbonyl Carbon." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 6312.
• Wiberg, K. B.; Hadad, C. M.; Breneman, C. M.; Laidig, K. E.; Murcko, M. A.; Le Page, T. J. "The Response of Electrons to Structural Changes" Science, 1991, 252, 1266.
• Bader, R. F. W.; Laidig, K. E. "Determination of Atomic and Structural Properties from Experimental Charge Distributions." in "The Applications of Charge Density Research in Chemistry and Drug Design" NATO-ASI Series, G. A. Jeffrey and J. F. Piniella, eds., Plenum Press, New York, 1991, 23.
• Bader, R. F. W.; Laidig, K. E. "Analysis and Classification of the Charge Distribution using Quantum Mechanics" Trans. Am. Cryst. Assoc., 1990, 26, 1.
• Laidig, K. E.; Bader, R. F. W. "The Properties of Atoms in Molecules: Atomic Polarizabilities." J. Chem. Phys., 1990, 93, 7213.
• Bader, R. F. W.; Cheeseman, J. R.; Laidig, K. E.; Wiberg, K. B.; Breneman, C. M. "Origin of Rotation and Inversion Barriers." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 6530.
• Wiberg, K. B.; Murcko, M. A.; Laidig, K. E.; McDougall, P. J. "Origin of the 'Gauche Effect' in Substituted Ethanes and Ethenes." J. Phys. Chem., 1990, 94, 5956.
• Saunders, M.; Laidig, K. E.; Wolfsberg, M. "The Theoretical Calculation of Equilibrium Isotope Effects Using Reduced Isotopic Partition Function Ratios." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 8989.
• Wiberg, K. B.; Breneman, C. M.; Laidig, K. E.; Rosenberg, R. E. "Resonance Interactions in Acyclic Systems." Pure & Appl. Chem., 1989, 61, 635.
• Jarret, R. M.; Veniero, J. C.; Byrne, T. P.; Saunders, M.; Laidig, K. E. "The Structure and Energetics of the Nortricyclyl Cation." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 8287.
• Saunders, M.; Laidig, K. E.; Wiberg, K. B.; von Rague Schleyer, P. "Structures, Energies, and Modes of Interconversion of C4H7+ Ions" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 7652.
• Wiberg, K. B.; Laidig, K. E. "Acidity of Z- and E-Methyl Acetates: Relationship to Meldrum's Acid." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 1872.
• von Rague Schleyer, P.; Laidig, K. E.; Wiberg, K. B.; Saunders, M.; Schindler, M. "The ab initio Energy Difference Favoring the Nonclassical over the Classical Structure of the Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexyl Cation. Comparison of Calculated (IGLO) and Experimental 13C Chemical Shifts." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 300.
• Wiberg, K. B.; Laidig, K. E. "Rotational Barriers Adjacent to Carbonyl Groups 3. Amide Resonance and the C-O Barrier in Acids and Esters." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 5935.
• Wiberg, K. B.; Waddell, S. T.; Laidig, K. "[1.1.1]Propellane: Reaction with Free Radicals." Tetrahedron, 1986, 27, 1553.
• Laidig, K. E. "Theoretical Investigation of I. Barriers to Rotation Adjacent to Carbonyl Groups in Carboxylic Acids and Esters and II. Structures, Energies, Modes of Interconversion, and Isotope Effects in the Cyclopropylcarbinyl-Cyclobutyl and Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexyl Cations." Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University, 1988.