Aleksandr Butlerov

(1828-1886)

Russian chemist

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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 (1861). He first proposed the idea of possible tetrahedral arrangement of valence bonds in carbon compounds in 1862.

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Born	15 September 1828 Chistopol, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	17 August 1886 (aged 57) Butlerovka, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Zodiac	Virgo
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