Strauss, in his PDE book, writes
$$
\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}=& {\left[\cos \theta \frac{\partial}{\partial r}-\frac{\sin \theta}{r} \frac{\partial}{\partial \theta}\right]^2 } \\
=& \cos ^2 \theta \frac{\partial^2}{\partial r^2}-2\left(\frac{\sin \theta \cos \theta}{r}\right) \frac{\partial^2}{\partial r \partial \theta} \\
&+\frac{\sin ^2 \theta}{r^2} \frac{\partial^2}{\partial \theta^2}+\left(\frac{\sin \theta \cos \theta}{r^2} \frac{\partial}{\partial \theta}+\frac{\sin ^2 \theta}{r} \frac{\partial}{\partial r}\right)