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Alexey Yevgrafovich Favorsky (; – 8 August 1945), was a Russian and Soviet chemist and recipient of the Stalin Prize (1941) and the title
Favorsky studied chemistry at the imperial
Biography (St. Petersburg Encyclopedia)
* *(Favorskii's academic lineage) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Favorsky, Alexey 1860 births 1945 deaths 20th-century Russian chemists Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925) Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Saint Petersburg State University alumni Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Chemists from the Russian Empire Soviet chemists Soviet inventors
Hero of Socialist Labour
The Hero of Socialist Labour () was an Title of honor, honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It represented the highest degree of distinction in the USSR and was awarded for exceptional achievem ...
(1945).
Life
Favorsky studied chemistry at the imperial Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University (SPBGU; ) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great, the university from the be ...
from 1878 to 1882. He joined 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 form ...
's laboratory for several years, and in 1891 became a lecturer. In 1895, Favorksy received his PhD and became professor for technical chemistry. His discovery of the Favorskii rearrangement
The Favorskii rearrangement is principally a rearrangement of cyclopropanones and α-halo ketones that leads to carboxylic acid derivatives. In the case of cyclic α-halo ketones, the Favorskii rearrangement constitutes a ring contraction. This ...
in 1894 and the Favorskii reaction
The Favorskii reaction is an organic chemistry reaction between an alkyne and a carbonyl group, under basic conditions. The reaction was discovered in the early 1900s by the Russian chemist Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii.
When the carbonyl is a ...
between 1900 and 1905 are connected to his name. He worked at the new organics department from 1897, and served as its director from 1934 to 1937. For his improvement of the production of synthetic rubber, Favorsky was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941.
The artist Vladimir Favorsky
Vladimir Andreyevich Favorsky (; March 14, 1886 – December 29, 1964) was a Soviet graphic artist, woodcut illustrator, painter, art critic, muralist, and teacher. He was a People's Artist of the USSR from 1963 and a full member of Soviet Ac ...
was his nephew.
Favorsky died in 1945 and was buried at the Volkovskoye Orthodox cemetery.
References
Further reading
Biography (St. Petersburg Encyclopedia)
* *(Favorskii's academic lineage) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Favorsky, Alexey 1860 births 1945 deaths 20th-century Russian chemists Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925) Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Saint Petersburg State University alumni Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 2nd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Chemists from the Russian Empire Soviet chemists Soviet inventors