Ivan Nikolaevich Nazarov (russian: Иван Николаевич Назаров; 12 June 1906 – 30 July 1957) was an organic chemist from the former

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. Ivan Nikolaevich Nazarov has born on June 12, 1906. He was an

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.; ...

who started his scientific activities in 1931 at

Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

. Nazarov published more than 300 scientific papers. In 1946, he was elected as a Corresponding Member of the

Academy of Sciences of the USSR The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...

, and in 1953 he became an

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. Nazarov died 30 July 1957. The

Nazarov cyclization reaction The Nazarov cyclization reaction (often referred to as simply the Nazarov cyclization) is a chemical reaction used in organic chemistry for the synthesis of cyclopentenones. The reaction is typically divided into ''classical'' and ''modern'' var ...

is named after him.

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