Ivan Knunyants

Ivan Ljudwigowitsch Knunjanz (Russian: Иван Людвигович Кнунянц; * 22 Maijul / June 4 1906greg in Shusha, Nagorno-Karabakh, .. † December 21, 1990 in Moscow) was a Soviet chemist of Armenian descent, who invented nylon -6.

He studied with Alexei Jewgenjewitsch Chichibabin at the State Technical University in Moscow, where in 1928 graduated.

He founded a school for fluorocarbons chemistry. He was one of the main developers of Soviet chemical weapons program and developed drugs for cancer chemotherapy.