Alexander Nikolayevich Nesmejanow

Alexander Nikolajewitsch Nesmeyanov ( Russian Александр Николаевич Несмеянов , English transcription Aleksandr Nesmeyanov, born September 9, 1899 in Moscow ; † January 17, 1980 ibid) was a Soviet chemist who dealt with organometallic chemistry .

biography

Nesmejanow obtained his degree in chemistry at Lomonossow University in 1922 , where he was a lecturer from 1930, full professor from 1934 and rector from 1948 to 1951. Between 1939 and 1954 he headed the Institute for Organic Chemistry and from 1935 the Laboratory for Organometallic Chemistry at the Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences. In 1954 he was the founder and until 1980 the director of the Institute for Element-Organic Compounds of the Soviet Academy of Sciences , which was later named after him.

The Nesmejanow reaction for the metallization of aromatics (conversion of diazonium salts with metal halides) is named after him. He investigated metal alkenes and alkynes as well as metallocenes , their kinetics and stereochemistry.

He also dealt with applications such as the development of artificial black caviar, but also in pest control, pharmaceuticals and anti-knock agents for gasoline.

He was a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (from 1939 corresponding and from 1943 full member) and its president from 1951 to 1961. In 1958 he became a member of the Leopoldina and in 1960 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , he was also an external member of the Royal Society since 1961 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 1956 . In 1961 he received the Lomonosov gold medal and in 1977 the Mendeleev gold medal . In 1969 and 1979 he was a hero of socialist work.

literature

Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989, p. 319f

Web links

Alexander N. Nesmejanow on Munzinger.de

Individual evidence

↑ Pötsch, article Aleksandr Nesmejanov in Lexicon of important chemists. Not in Ji Jack Li, Name reactions, Springer 2009 and not in John Andraos, Named organic reactions.
↑ Member entry of Aleksandr N. Nesmejanov at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 28, 2016.
^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed March 24, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Nesmejanow, Alexander Nikolajewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Несмеянов, Александр Николаевич; Nesmeyanov, Alexander Nikolaevich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	soviet chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 9, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow
DATE OF DEATH	17th January 1980
Place of death	Moscow

[1] Pötsch, article Aleksandr Nesmejanov in Lexicon of important chemists. Not in Ji Jack Li, Name reactions, Springer 2009 and not in John Andraos, Named organic reactions.

[2] Member entry of Aleksandr N. Nesmejanov at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 28, 2016.

[3] Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed March 24, 2020 .