Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Бу́тлеров; September 15, 1828 – August 17, 1886) was a Russian chemist, one of the principal creators of the theory of chemical structure (1857–1861), the first to incorporate double bonds into structural formulas, the discoverer of hexamine (1859), and the discoverer of the formose reaction.
The crater Butlerov on the Moon is named after him.
Alexander Butlerov was born in Chistopol into a landowning family.
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1951 Alexander Butlerov USSR postage stamp -
Monument to Alexander Butlerov in Kazan
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