Dimitar Ivanov Popov ( bg, Димитър Иванов Попов) (October 13, 1894 – October 25, 1975) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

organic chemist Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.Clayden, J.; ...

and an

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of the

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated ''БАН'') is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy ...

. Prof. D. Ivanov is known by his father's name Ivanov rather than his family's name Popov. He is the namesake of the Ivanov reactionD. Ivanoff, A. Spassoff. Condensation des phénylacétate et para-chlorphénylacétate d'éthyle au moyen des halogénures d'isopropyl-magnesium. - Bull. Soc. chim. France, 49, 1931, 375. in chemistry.

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Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Bulgarian chemists Scientists from Sofia Organic chemists 1894 births 1975 deaths 20th-century Bulgarian scientists {{chemist-stub