Ivan Nazarov

Ivan Nikolaevich Nazarov, Russian Иван Николаевич Назаров, (born 30 Maijul / June 12 1906greg in Koschelewo, Vladimir Oblast, .. † 30 July 1957 in Moscow) was a Russian chemist (organic chemistry).

Nazarov made ​​in 1931 with a degree in chemistry at the KA Timiriazev Agricultural Academy in Moscow. Among his teachers was Alexei Yevgrafovich Faworski. 1934 to 1947 he was at the Chemical Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and from 1947 to 1957 professor at the Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology.

It dealt mainly with the chemistry of acetylene and its derivatives (especially vinyl acetylene) and is known for introducing the eponymous Nazarov cyclization reaction (1949 ). In the simplest case, a Lewis acid catalyzed cyclization of a Pentenons ( pentons with ketone ) by the activation of oxygen in the ketone moiety. He synthesized the analgesic trimeperidine ( promedol ) in research on pethidine (1954) and androgen -like steroids on Diels- Alder reactions.

In 1946 he became a corresponding member of the Soviet and 1953 Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Communist Party. 1942 and 1946 he was awarded the State Prize of the USSR.