Nikolay Demyanov

{{Short description|Russian chemist}}

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| name = Nikolay Yakovlevich Demyanov

| image = Демьянов, Николай Яковлевич.jpg

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| birth_date = {{OldStyleDate|March 27|1861|March 15}}

| birth_place = Tver

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|03|19|1861|03|15}}

| death_place = Moscow

| field = Organic chemistry

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| alma_mater = Imperial Moscow University (1886)

| education = Doctor of Science (1899)

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences

| thesis_title = On the action of nitric anhydride and nitrogenous oxide on hydrocarbons of the ethylene series

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| doctoral_advisor = Vladimir Markovnikov

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| known_for = Demjanov rearrangement

| prizes = Lenin Prize {{small|(1930)}}

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Nikolay Yakovlevich Demyanov ({{langx|ru|Никола́й Я́ковлевич Демья́нов}}; {{OldStyleDate|March 27|1861|March 15}}, Tver – March 19, 1938, Moscow), also known as Demjanov and Demjanow, was a Russian organic chemist and a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929). He is internationally known for the Demjanov rearrangement organic reaction and other discoveries.

He was a recipient of the Lenin Prize in 1930.

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book| title =Imperial Moscow University: 1755-1917: encyclopedic dictionary | via = A. Andreev, D. Tsygankov |location= Moscow |year= 2010 |publisher= Russian political encyclopedia (ROSSPEN) | pages =212–213 | isbn = 978-5-8243-1429-8| ref =Imperial Moscow University}}