Nikolay Yakovlevich Demyanov (; ,

Tver Tver (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa rivers. Tver is located northwest of Moscow. Population: The city is ...

– March 19, 1938,

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

), also known as Demjanov and Demjanow, was a Russian

organic chemist Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the science, scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic matter, organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain ...

and a member of the

USSR Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991. It united the country's leading scientists and was subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (u ...

(1929). He is internationally known for the

Demjanov rearrangement The Demjanov rearrangement is the chemical reaction of primary amines with nitrous acid to give rearranged Alcohol (chemistry), alcohols. It involves substitution by a hydroxyl group with a possible ring expansion. It is named after the Russian che ...

organic reaction Organic reactions are chemical reactions involving organic compounds. The basic organic chemistry reaction types are addition reactions, elimination reactions, substitution reactions, pericyclic reactions, rearrangement reactions, mechanistic organ ...

and other discoveries. He was a recipient of the

Lenin Prize The Lenin Prize (, ) was one of the most prestigious awards of the Soviet Union for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. It was originally created on June 23, 1925, and awarded until 1934. During ...

in 1930. File:Nikolay Yakovlevich Demyanov.png File:Nikolaj Jakovlevicx Demj'anov (1861-1938).png

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Academician Nikolay Yakovlevich Demyanov
{{DEFAULTSORT:Demyanov, Nikolay 1861 births 1938 deaths Chemists from the Russian Empire Soviet chemists Inventors from the Russian Empire People from Tver Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925) Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Imperial Moscow University alumni