Alexander Butlerov

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Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov
Alexander Butlerov
Born	(1828-09-15)September 15, 1828 Chistopol, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	August 17, 1886(1886-08-17) (aged 57) Butlerovka, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Nationality	Russian
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of St. Petersburg, Kazan State University
Alma mater	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, Chistopol – August 17, 1886, new style) 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.

Disciples

• Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov
• Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev
• Alexander Nikiforovich Popov

See also

• List of Russian chemists

References

• Leicester, Henry M. (1940). "Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov". Journal of Chemical Education 17 (May): 203–209. 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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