2026 Roland Boese: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	79	3551	3220	259	237	1192	28030

Overview

Roland Boese is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry.

The main topics of their work include:

Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Crystallography and molecular interactions
Crystal structures of chemical compounds
Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization
Metal complexes synthesis and properties

They have contributed extensively to multiple subfields of study, especially:

Materials Chemistry
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Spectroscopy
Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry

Roland Boese's publishing record includes numerous papers in well-known scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their research include:

The Cambridge Structural Database
CrystEngComm
Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
Chemical Physics Letters
Crystal Growth & Design

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Roland Boese are:

"Intermolecular interactions in hydrates of 4-methylpiperidine and 4-chloropiperidine - a structural and computational study" (2020, CrystEngComm)
"Synthesis, X-ray Structures, and spectroscopic characterization of cis and trans-bis(O-propyldithiocarbonato)bis(pyridine)nickel(II), cis and trans-[Ni(CH3CH2CH2OC(S)S)2(C5H5N)2]" (2022, Chemical Physics Letters)
"Hydrogen-Bonding Motifs in Adducts of Allylamine with the 10 Simplest n-Alcohols: Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction Studies and Computational Analysis" (2022, Crystal Growth & Design)
"Hydrogen-bond architecture in a series of allylamine and normal alcohols (C₁-C₁₀) cocrystals" (2021, Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances)
"Influence of steric hindrance on hydrate formation. The case of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine and 3,3,5,5-tetramethylmorpholine" (2021, Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances)

The scientist maintains a network of frequent collaborators. The most recurrent coauthors include:

Łukasz Dobrzycki
Bernadeta Prus
Janusz Zachara
Michał K. Cyrański
Micha K. Cyrański

Best Publications

C−H···F Interactions in the Crystal Structures of Some Fluorobenzenes

Venkat R. Thalladi;Hans-Christoph Weiss;Dieter Blaser;Roland Boese

837
Citations
Au55[P(C6H5)3]12CI6 — ein Goldcluster ungewöhnlicher Größe

Günter Schmid;Reinhard Pfeil;Roland Boese;Friedhelm Bandermann

812
Citations
The Melting Point Alternation in the Short-Chain n-Alkanes: Single-Crystal X-Ray Analyses of Propane at 30 K and of n-Butane to n-Nonane at 90 K.

Roland Boese;Hans-Christoph Weiss;Dieter Bläser

527
Citations
N,N'-Bis(2,2-dimethylpropyl)benzimidazolin-2-ylidene: a stable nucleophilic carbene derived from benzimidazole.

F. Ekkehardt Hahn;Lars Wittenbecher;Roland Boese;Dieter Bläser

424
Citations
The Melting Point Alternation in α,ω-Alkanedicarboxylic Acids†

Venkat R. Thalladi;Markus Nüsse;Roland Boese

370
Citations
Decomposition of Triacetone Triperoxide Is an Entropic Explosion

Faina Dubnikova;Ronnie Kosloff;Joseph Almog;Yehuda Zeiri

340
Citations
Gas hydrate single-crystal structure analyses.

Michael T. Kirchner;Roland Boese;W. Edward Billups;Lewis R. Norman

324
Citations
On the Polymorphism of Aspirin: Crystalline Aspirin as Intergrowths of Two “Polymorphic” Domains

Andrew D. Bond;Roland Boese;Gautam R. Desiraju

291
Citations
Die Berechnung von Resonanzenergien; das MM2ERW‐Kraftfeld

Wolfgang R. Roth;Oliver Adamczak;Rolf Breuckmann;Hans‐Werner Lennartz

281
Citations
Crystal Engineering of Some 2,4,6-Triaryloxy-1,3,5-triazines: Octupolar Nonlinear Materials

Venkat R. Thalladi;Sophie Brasselet;Hans-Christoph Weiss;Dieter Blaser

274
Citations
Synthesis, structures and reactions of new thermally stable silylenes.

Barbara Gehrhus;Michael F. Lappert;Joachim Heinicke;Roland Boese

270
Citations
Derivate des Imidazols, XIII. Carben‐Komplexe des Siliciums und Zinns

Norbert Kuhn;Thomas Kratz;Dieter Bläser;Roland Boese

249
Citations
1,3,4,5-Tetramethyl-2-methyleneimidazoline—an ylidic olefin

Norbert Kuhn;Hans Bohnen;Jörg Kreutzberg;Dieter Bläser

235
Citations
The melting point alternation in a,w-alkanediols and a,w-alkanediamines: interplay between hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions.

Venkat R. Thalladi;Roland Boese;Hans-Christoph Weiss

212
Citations
Darstellung, Reaktionen und Struktur von tert-Butyl(tert-butylimino)boran

Peter Paetzold;Christoph Von Plotho;Günter Schmid;Roland Boese

192
Citations
A designed, enantiomerically pure, fused cyclopentadienyl ligand with C2 symmetry. Synthesis and use in enantioselective titanocene-catalyzed hydrogenations of alkenes

Ronald L. Halterman;K. Peter C. Vollhardt;Mark E. Welker;Dieter Blaeser

191
Citations
Derivate des Imidazols, VI. Stabile Carben-Borane

Norbert Kuhn;Gerald Henkel;Thomas Kratz;Jörg Kreutzberg

186
Citations
Organometallic Molecular Trees as Multielectron and Multiproton Reservoirs: CpFe+‐Induced Nonaallylation of Mesitylene and Phase‐Transfer Catalyzed Synthesis of a Redox‐Active Nonairon Complex

Françoise Moulines;Laurent Djakovitch;Bruno Gloaguen;Werner Thiel

178
Citations
On the Polymorphism of Aspirin

Andrew D. Bond;Roland Boese;Gautam R. Desiraju

174
Citations
Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Explosive Decomposition of 1,2:5,6:11,12:15,16- Tetrabenzo-3,7,9,13,17,19-hexadehydro[20]annulene: Formation of Onion- and Tube-like Closed-Shell Carbon Particles

Roland Boese;and Adam J. Matzger;K. Peter C. Vollhardt

168
Citations
Polymorphism of 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene induced by a trisindane additive.

Praveen K. Thallapally;Ram K. R. Jetti;Amy K. Katz;H. L. Carrell

166
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dieter Bläser University of Duisburg-Essen

Günter Schmid University of Duisburg-Essen

Armin de Meijere University of Göttingen

Gautam R. Desiraju Indian Institute of Science

Bernd Wrackmeyer University of Bayreuth

Reiner Sustmann University of Duisburg-Essen

K. Peter C. Vollhardt University of California, Berkeley

Frank-Gerrit Klärner University of Duisburg-Essen

Stephan Schulz University of Duisburg-Essen

Michael M. Haley University of Oregon

External Links

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