Aleksandr butlerov biography of george michael

September 15 is Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Butlerov’s birthday. Butlerov was a Russian organic chemist who introduced the term “chemical structure” to modern chemistry.

Butlerov’s chemical structure theory was first to look at the chemical structure.

He believed a molecule’s nature is determined by the type and number of atoms and their arrangement and relationship to each other, otherwise known as their chemical structure.

Aleksandr butlerov biography of george michael

He demonstrated the existence of isomers where molecules could have the same molecular formula, but different structures. He also was the first to recognize some organic compounds contain double bonds.

Butlerov was also the first to synthesize formaldehyde.

Formaldehyde (CH₂O) is the simplest aldehyde and is used as a basic building block in several organic chemical syntheses. It is also used as a stabilizer in photography and histology and as a biocide to kill bacteria and fungi.

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