Alexander Pavlovich Dianin | |
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Born |
Davydovo, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire |
April 20, 1851
Died | December 6, 1918 Petrograd, RSFSR |
(aged 67)
Nationality | Russian |
Fields | Organic chemistry |
Institutions | Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg |
Alma mater |
University of Jena (PhD in Chemistry, 1877) Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg (MD, 1882) |
Known for |
Bisphenol A Dianin's compound |
Influences |
Alexander Borodin Nikolay Zinin |
Influenced | Phoebus Levene |
Alexander Pavlovich Dianin (Russian: Александр Павлович Дианин; April 20, 1851 – December 6, 1918) was a Russian chemist from Saint Petersburg. He carried out studies on phenols and discovered a phenol derivative now known as bisphenol A and the accordingly named Dianin's compound. He was married to the adopted daughter of fellow chemist Alexander Borodin. In 1887, Dianin succeeded his father-in-law as a chair of the Chemistry Department at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg.