- Aleksandr Butlerov
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name = Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov
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caption = Aleksandr Butlerov
birth_date = birth date|1828|9|15
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nationality = flag|Russia|name=Russian
death_date = death date and age|1886|8|17|1828|9|15
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field = chemistry
work_institution =Kazan State University
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doctoral_advisor =Nikolay Zinin
doctoral_students =Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii
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footnotes =Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov (Александр Михайлович Бутлеров) (
September 15 ,1828 –August 17 ,1886 ,new style ) was a Russianchemist , one of the creators of the theory ofchemical structure (1857-1861 ), the first to incorporate double bonds into structural formulas, the discoverer offormaldehyde , and the discoveror of theformose reaction .Butlerov crater on the
Moon is named after him.References
*cite journal
title = 150th Anniversary of the birth of A. M. Butlerov
journal = Russian Chemical Bulletin
volume = 27
issue = 9
year = 1978
doi = 10.1007/BF00929226
pages= 1791–1794
author = Arbuzov, B. A.*cite journal
title = Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov
journal = Journal of Chemical Education
volume = 17
issue = May
year = 1940
pages= 203 – 209
author = Leicester, Henry M.
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