Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii
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Alexey Yevgrafovich Favorsky, also spelled Favorskii, ' onMouseout='HidePop("16282")' href="/topics/Pavlovo,_Nizhny_Novgorod_Oblast">Pavlovo
, Nizhny Novgorod
Governorate, ; Leningrad
8 August 1945) was a Soviet/Russia
n chemist.
laboratory for several years, and in 1891 became a lecturer. In 1895, Favorksy received his PhD and became professor for technical chemistry. His discovery of the Favorskii rearrangement
in 1894 and the Favorskii reaction
between 1900 and 1905 are connected to his name. He worked at the new inorganics department from 1897, and served as its director from 1934 to 1937. For his improvement of the production of synthetic rubber, Favorsky was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941.
Favorsky died in 1945 and was buried at the Volkovskoye Orthodox cemetery.
Pavlovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Pavlovo , or Pavlovo-na-Oke , is a town and the administrative center of Pavlovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, situated on the Oka River in the northwestern part of the Volga Upland. Population: -Economy:...
, Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
Governorate, ; Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
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8 August 1945) was a Soviet/Russia
Russia
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n chemist.
Life
Favorsky studied chemistry at the imperial University of Saint Petersburg from 1878 to 1882. He joined Alexander Butlerov'sAleksandr Butlerov
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov was a Russian chemist, one of the principal creators of the theory of chemical structure , the first to incorporate double bonds into structural formulas, the discoverer of hexamine , and the discoverer of the formose reaction.The...
laboratory for several years, and in 1891 became a lecturer. In 1895, Favorksy received his PhD and became professor for technical chemistry. His discovery of the Favorskii rearrangement
Favorskii rearrangement
The Favorskii rearrangement , named for the Russian chemist Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii, is most principally a rearrangement of cyclopropanones and α-halo ketones which leads to carboxylic acid derivatives. In the case of cyclic α-halo ketones, the Favorski rearrangement constitutes a ring...
in 1894 and the Favorskii reaction
Favorskii reaction
The Favorskii reaction , named for the Russian chemist Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii, is a special case of nucleophilic attack on a carbonyl group involving a terminal alkyne with acidic protons....
between 1900 and 1905 are connected to his name. He worked at the new inorganics department from 1897, and served as its director from 1934 to 1937. For his improvement of the production of synthetic rubber, Favorsky was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941.
Favorsky died in 1945 and was buried at the Volkovskoye Orthodox cemetery.
Further reading
- Biography (St. Petersburg Encyclopedia)(Favorskii's academic lineage)