Alexander Butlerov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian chemist
Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1828
Place of Birth: Chistopol, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Date of Death: 05-Aug-1886
Profession: chemist
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Alexander Butlerov
- Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov (??????´??? ????´?????? ??´??????; 15 September 1828 – 17 August 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), the discoverer of formaldehyde (1859) and the discoverer of the formose reaction (1861). He first proposed the idea of possible tetrahedral arrangement of valence bonds in carbon compounds in 1862. The crater Butlerov on the Moon is named after him. Alexander Butlerov was born in Chistopol into a landowning family.
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