Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin | |
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 Nikolay Zinin | |
| Born | (1812-08-25)25 August 1812 |
| Died | 18 February 1880(1880-02-18) (aged 67) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Alma mater | University of Kazan |
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| Institutions | University of Kazan University of Saint Petersburg |
| Doctoral advisor | Justus Liebig |
| Doctoral students | Alexander Borodin Aleksandr Butlerov |
Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin (Russian:Никола́й Никола́евич Зи́нин; 25 August 1812 – 18 February 1880) was a Russianorganic chemist.
Zinin was born in Shusha where his father served as diplomatic employee. Nicolay became orphan after cholera pandemic when his parents and sister died. He studied at theUniversity of Kazan where he graduated in mathematics but he started teaching chemistry in 1835. To improve his skills he was asked to study in Europe for some time, which he did between 1838 and 1841. He studied withJustus Liebig in Giessen, where he finished his research on thebenzoin condensation, which was discovered by Liebig several years before.[1][2] He presented his research results at theUniversity of Saint Petersburg, where he received his Ph.D. He became Professor for Chemistry in the same year at the University of Kazan and left for theUniversity of Saint Petersburg in 1847 where he also became a member of theSt. Petersburg Academy of Sciences and first president of theRussian Physical and Chemical Society (1868–1877).[3]
In St. Petersburg, professor Zinin was a private teacher of chemistry to the youngAlfred Nobel.
He is known for the so-calledZinin reaction or Zinin reduction,[4] in whichnitro aromates likenitrobenzene are converted toamines by reduction with ammoniumsulfides.[5][6]In 1842 Zinin played an important role in identifyinganiline.
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