Anna Volkova
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19th-century Russian chemist
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Anna Feodorovna Volkova (Russian: Анна Федоровна Волкова, b.? - d. 1876) was a Russian chemist famous for her work in organic chemistry. Volkova was the first chemist to prepare pure ortho-toluene sulfonic acid, its acyl chloride, and its amide (1870). She was the first chemist to synthesize para-tricresol phosphate from para-cresol, a component of plasticizer. Volkova was the first woman to receive a diploma in chemistry (1870); the first woman in the world to publish scientific work in chemistry; the first woman to be a member of the Russian Chemical Society.
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