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A. N. Zaitsev
Aleksander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович За́йцев), also spelled as Saytzeff and Saytzev (2 July 1841 – 1 September 1910), was a Russian chemist. He worked on organic compounds and proposed Zaitsev's rule, which predicts the product composition of an elimination reaction. Early years Zaytsev was born in Kazan. He was the son of a tea and sugar merchant, who had decided that his son should follow him into the mercantile trades.Lewis, D.E"Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zaitsev: Markovnikov's Conservative Contemporary."''Bull. Hist. Chem.'' 1995, ''17/18'', 21–30. However, at the urging of his maternal uncle, Zaytsev was allowed to enroll at Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, University of Kazan to study economics. At this time, Russia was experimenting with the cameral system, meaning that every student graduating in law and economics from a Russian university had to take two years of chemistry. Zaytsev was thus introduced to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev
Aleksander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович За́йцев), also spelled as Saytzeff and Saytzev (2 July 1841 – 1 September 1910), was a Russian chemist. He worked on organic compounds and proposed Zaitsev's rule, which predicts the product composition of an elimination reaction. Early years Zaytsev was born in Kazan. He was the son of a tea and sugar merchant, who had decided that his son should follow him into the mercantile trades.Lewis, D.E"Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zaitsev: Markovnikov's Conservative Contemporary."'' Bull. Hist. Chem.'' 1995, ''17/18'', 21–30. However, at the urging of his maternal uncle, Zaytsev was allowed to enroll at University of Kazan to study economics. At this time, Russia was experimenting with the cameral system, meaning that every student graduating in law and economics from a Russian university had to take two years of chemistry. Zaytsev was thus introduced to Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
