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Also Known As Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Butlerov
Born September 6, 1828 • Chistopol • Russia
Died August 17, 1886 (aged 57) • Russia
Subjects Of Study chemical bonding • chemical synthesis • isobutane • isomerism • tautomerism

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Hermann Kolbe.
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Kurt Alder.
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William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.
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Adolf von Baeyer
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