Biography Zinin

Russian Chemical Society from the book “The History of Chemistry in Russia. Brief essays ”Academician N. Zinin is among the largest Russian chemists of the XIX century. He decisively contributed to the formation and development of organic chemistry in Russia, was a recognized master in the field of organic synthesis. He was one of the organizers of the Russian Chemical Society and his first president for a year.

Having lost his parents in early childhood, he received the upbringing in the uncle's family in Saratov. In G. possessed great abilities for mathematics and, possibly, would later devote his life to her. However, the circumstances formed so that Zinin began to teach chemistry and became interested in this science. In gg. Zinin was sent on a foreign business trip. About a year he worked in the laboratory of the famous German chemist Yu.

Libikh, who had a great influence on the choice of the direction of research of a young scientist. Zinin was the founder of the famous Kazan School of Chemists, who became one of the main centers of chemical research in Russia of the XIX century. The Petersburg period of Zinin’s activity was also very fruitful. Zinin was elected academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

The main scientific achievements of the year - developed a method for obtaining benzoine from benzaldehyde and gasoline, in fact, for the first time, having carried out the reaction of benzoine condensation; Subsequently, this reaction has become one of the universal methods for obtaining aromatic ketones. This reaction was extremely important in practical terms. Anilina’s synthesis made its production on a large scale, which served as the basis for the creation of anilic-beautiful industry.

At a meeting of the German Chemical Society, dedicated to the memory of N. Zimin on March 8, Hoffmann said: “If Zinin would have done anything more except for the transformation of nitrobenzene into aniline, then his name would remain recorded by gold letters in the history of chemistry and in a dream that the new amidization method would be destined to serve as the basis of the mighty factory industry, which in turn would give a completely unexpected and completely unexpectedly unexpected and completely unexpected and A fruitful impetus of science by our former science comrade made a discovery that falls to the share of a few lucky ones.

” Through this reaction, Zinin was also prepared by A-nftylamine, m-phynilendiamine and gasoline. Zinin enjoyed great authority among his colleagues-sooles; His work was widely known abroad.

In Kazan and St. Petersburg, Zinin prepared a galaxy of talented organic chemists, who made many most important discoveries. He was an excellent lecturer. Butlerov said about him: “Zimin died in St. Petersburg on February 18