Alexander Butlerov
Russian chemist (1828–1886) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Бу́тлеров; 15 September 1828 – 17 August 1886) was a Russian chemist, one of the principal creators of the theory of chemical structure (1857–1861), the first to incorporate double bonds into structural formulas, the discoverer of hexamine (1859), the discoverer of formaldehyde (1859) and the discoverer of the formose reaction (1861). He first proposed the idea of possible tetrahedral arrangement of valence bonds in carbon compounds in 1862.
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Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov | |
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Born | (1828-09-15)15 September 1828 |
Died | 17 August 1886(1886-08-17) (aged 57) Butlerovka, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Kazan State University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | University of St. Petersburg, Kazan State University |
Doctoral advisor | Nikolay Zinin |
Doctoral students | Alexey Yevgrafovich Favorsky, Vladimir Markovnikov, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Alexander Nikiforovich Popov |
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Butlerov was born into a landowning family.
The crater Butlerov on the Moon is named after him.
- 1951 Alexander Butlerov USSR postage stamp