Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov (Александр Михайлович Бутлеров) (September 15, 1828 – August 17, 1886, new style) was a Russian chemist, the creator of the theory of chemical structure (1861), and the discoverer of formaldehyde.

Butlerov crater on the Moon is named after him.

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