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Fields of interest:

• Crystal engineering
• Polymorphism
• Understanding of solid state properties based on crystal packing

Recent publications:
J. Müller, R. Boese:
Molecular Structure of the Azidoalane [Me2N(CH2)3]Al tBu(N3). X-ray Structural Determination and Ab Initio Calculations,
J. Mol. Struct., 520, 215-218 (2000).

R. Boese, A. Gehrke, M. Kapon, F.H. Herbstein:
Determining the Crystal Structure of Twinned 2-Methylpyrazine,
Acta Crystallogr., B56, 677-681 (2000).

V.R. Thalladi, T. Smolka, A. Gehrke, R. Boese, R. Sustmann:
Role of weak hydrogen bonds in the crystal structure of phenazine, 5,10-dihydrophenazine and their 1:1 and 3:1 molecular complexes,
New J. Chem., 24, 143-148 (2000).

T. Smolka, R. Boese, R. Sustmann:
Design of a three component crystal based on the cocrystal of Phenazine and 2,2'-Dihydroxybiphenyl,
Structural Chemistry, 10, 429-431 (2000).

J.J. Schneider, D. Wolf, D. Bläser, R. Boese:
Stoichiometric homo-aldol-coupling of acetone, cyclohexaneone, and acetophenone by the [5-CpR)Co](R=Me-5, 1,2,4-tri-tert-butyl)moiety,
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 713-718 (2000).

V.R. Thalladi, R. Boese, H.-Ch. Weiss:
The Melting Point Alternation in a,w-Alkanediols and a,w-Alkanediamines: Interplay between Hydrogen Bonding and Hydrophobic Interactions,
Angew. Chem., , 112, 942-946 (2000).

S. Gockel, A. Haas, V. Probst, R. Boese, I. Müller:
Contributions to Bis(perfluoroalkyl) Chalkogenide Chemistry; preparation of (Rf)2SeO [Rf = C2F5 (CF3)2CF, n-C4F9], (R'F)2TeX2 [X = F, Cl: R'f = n-C3F7, (CF3)2, n-C4F9;X = Br; R'F = n-C3F7, n-C4F9], (CF3)2Te(NSO)2 and (C2F5)2Te(OH)NO3,
J. Fluorine Chem., 102, 301-311 (2000).

M. Mazik, D. Bläser, R. Boese:
Programmed construction of discrete self-assembled cyclic aggregates,
Chem. Eur. J., 6, 2865-2873 (2000).