Roger Alder

{{Short description|British academic}}

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Image:Roger Alder.jpg Roger William Alder, FRS is an Emeritus Professor of organic chemistry at the University of Bristol.{{cite web|title=Professor Roger Alder|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/chemistry/people/roger-w-alder/overview.html|website=University of Bristol|accessdate=23 July 2017}}

His research involves the study of novel compounds with unusual properties, such as proton sponges

{{cite web|title=Roger Alder|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/roger-alder-10979/|website=The Royal Society|accessdate=23 July 2017}}{{cite journal | author = R. W. Alder | author2 = P. S. Bowman | author3 = W. R. S. Steele | author4 = D. R. Winterman | name-list-style = amp | journal = Chem. Commun. | year = 1968 | pages = 723 | doi = 10.1039/C19680000723 | title = The remarkable basicity of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene | issue = 13}}

and stable carbenes.

{{cite journal

|title = Bis(diisopropylamino)carbene

|author = Roger W. Alder

|author2 = Dr. Paul R. Allen

|author3 = Martin Murray

|author4 = A. Guy Orpen

| name-list-style = amp

|journal = Angewandte Chemie

|volume = 35

|issue = 10

|pages = 1121–1123

|year = 1996

|doi = 10.1002/anie.199611211}}

Alder received the Royal Society of Chemistry Bader Award for organic chemistry in 1993.{{cite web | title=Bader Award Previous Winners | website=The Royal Society of Chemistry | url=http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/BaderAward/PreviousWinners.asp | access-date=11 September 2018}} He has been a fellow of the Royal Society since 2007.