Alexander Butlerov
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Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov | |
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 Alexander Butlerov | |
| Born | September 15, 1828 |
| Died | August 17, 1886 (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 Mikhaylovich Butlerov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Бу́тлеров; September 15, 1828 – August 17, 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), and the discoverer of the formose reaction.
The crater Butlerov on the Moon is named after him.
Alexander Butlerov was born in Chistopol into a landowning family.
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1951 Alexander Butlerov USSR postage stamp -
Monument to Alexander Butlerov in Kazan
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References
- Leicester, Henry M. (1940). "Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov". Journal of Chemical Education. 17 (May): 203–209. Bibcode:1940JChEd..17..203L. doi:10.1021/ed017p203.
- Arbuzov, B. A. (1978). "150th Anniversary of the birth of A. M. Butlerov". Russian Chemical Bulletin. 27 (9): 1791–1794. doi:10.1007/BF00929226.
- Rocke, Alan J. (1981). "Kekulé, Butlerov, and the Historiography of the Theory of Chemical Structure". British Journal for the History of Science. 14: 27–57.
- Bykov, G. V. (1982). "K istoriografii teorii khimicheskogo stroeniia". Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki. 1982:4: 121–130.
- Brooks, Nathan (1998). "Alexander Butlerov and the Professionalization of Science in Russia". Russian Review. 57: 10–24.
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