Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Бу́тлеров; 15 September 1828 – 17 August 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), the discoverer of
formaldehyde (1859) and the discoverer of the
formose reaction
The formose reaction, discovered by Aleksandr Butlerov in 1861, and hence also known as the Butlerov reaction, involves the formation of sugars from formaldehyde. The term formose is a portmanteau of formaldehyde and aldose.
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(1861). He first proposed the idea of possible
tetrahedral arrangement of
valence bonds in carbon compounds in 1862.
The crater
Butlerov on the
Moon is named after him.
Alexander Butlerov was born in
Chistopol into a landowning family.
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1828 births
1886 deaths
People from Chistopol
Chemists from the Russian Empire
Inventors from the Russian Empire
Saint Petersburg State University faculty
Full members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
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