Aleksandr Butlerov

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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov
Aleksandr Butlerov
Aleksandr Butlerov
Born September 15, 1828(1828-09-15)
Died August 17, 1886 (aged 57)
Institutions Kazan State University
Doctoral students Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii
"Butlerov" redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Butlerov (crater).

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, and the discoverer of formaldehyde and the formose reaction.

Butlerov crater on the Moon is named after him.

[edit] References

  • Arbuzov, B. A. (1978). "150th Anniversary of the birth of A. M. Butlerov". Russian Chemical Bulletin 27 (9): 1791-1794. doi:10.1007/BF00929226. 
  • Leicester, Henry M. (1940). "Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov". Journal of Chemical Education 17 (May): 203 – 209. 
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