Roger William Alder, FRS is an Emeritus Professor of organic chemistry at the University of Bristol.[1]

His research involves the study of novel compounds with unusual properties, such as proton sponges [2][3] and stable carbenes.[2][4]

Alder received the Royal Society of Chemistry Bader Award for organic chemistry in 1993.[5] He has been a fellow of the Royal Society since 2007.[2]

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  1. ^ "Professor Roger Alder". University of Bristol. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Roger Alder". The Royal Society. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  3. ^ R. W. Alder; P. S. Bowman; W. R. S. Steele & D. R. Winterman (1968). "The remarkable basicity of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene". Chem. Commun. (13): 723. doi:10.1039/C19680000723.
  4. ^ Roger W. Alder; Dr. Paul R. Allen; Martin Murray & A. Guy Orpen (1996). "Bis(diisopropylamino)carbene". Angewandte Chemie. 35 (10): 1121–1123. doi:10.1002/anie.199611211.
  5. ^ "Bader Award Previous Winners". The Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 11 September 2018.