Lev Chugaev

Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev
Born(1873-10-16)16 October 1873
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died26 September 1922(1922-09-26) (aged 48)
Gryazovets, Russia (RSFSR)
Alma materUniversity of Moscow
Known forChugaev reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Moscow,
University of Saint Petersburg
Doctoral studentsVyacheslav Lebedinsky

Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev (Russian: Лев Алекса́ндрович Чуга́ев; 16 October 1873 – 26 September 1922) was a chemist from the Russian Empire. At the height of his career, he was professor of chemistry at the University of Petersburg, being the successor to Dmitri Mendeleev. He was active in the fields of inorganic chemistry, especially platinum group complexes, as well as organic chemistry.[1][2][3] He is also known as Leo Aleksandrovich Tschugaeff or Tschugaev.

  1. ^ Kauffman, G. B. (1963). "Terpenes to Platinum: The Chemical Career of Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev". J. Chem. Educ. 40 (12): 656–665. Bibcode:1963JChEd..40..656K. doi:10.1021/ed040p656.
  2. ^ Kauffman, G. B. (1973). "A Russian Pioneer in Platinum Metals Research The Life and Work of Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev" (PDF). Platinum Metals Rev. 17: 144–148. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ J. A. Voelcker; A. Harden; T. M. Lowry; Percival J. Fryer (1923). "Obituary notices: Frederick James Lloyd, 1852–1922; Georg Lunge, 1839–1923; Alexander Smith, 1865–1922; Jokichi Takamine, 1855–1922; Leo Alexandrovitsch Tschugaev, 1873–1922; Frank Edwin Weston, 1867–1923". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 123: 946–959. doi:10.1039/CT9232300946. online text for pages 956–958