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 Aleksandr Butlerov
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| Born | September 15, 1828 |
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| Died | August 17, 1886 (aged 57) |
| Nationality |  Russian |
| Fields | chemistry |
| Institutions | Kazan State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Nikolay Zinin |
| Doctoral students | Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii |
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov (Александр Михайлович Бутлеров) (September 15, 1828 – August 17, 1886, new style) was a Russian chemist, one of the creators of the theory of chemical structure (1857-1861), the first to incorporate double bonds into structural formulas, the discoverer of formaldehyde, and the discoveror of the formose reaction.
Butlerov crater on the Moon is named after him.
References
- Arbuzov, B. A. (1978). "150th Anniversary of the birth of A. M. Butlerov". Russian Chemical Bulletin 27 (9): 1791–1794. doi:.
- Leicester, Henry M. (1940). "Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov". Journal of Chemical Education 17 (May): 203 – 209.
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