Dimitar Ivanov Popov Explained

Dimitar Ivanov
Birth Date:October 13, 1894
Birth Place:Makotsevo, Bulgaria
Nationality:Bulgarian
Death Place:Sofia, Bulgaria
Field:Organic Chemistry, Chemistry of Natural Products, Organic Synthesis
Work Institution:University of Sofia,
Faculty of Chemistry
Alma Mater:L'Université de Lyon, France
Known For:Ivanov Reaction

Dimitar Ivanov Popov (Bulgarian: Димитър Иванов Попов) (October 13, 1894 – October 25, 1975) was a Bulgarian organic chemist and an academician of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Prof. D. Ivanov is known by his father's name Ivanov rather than his family's name Popov.

He is the namesake of the Ivanov reaction[1] in chemistry.

Notes and References

  1. D. Ivanoff, A. Spassoff. Condensation des phénylacétate et para-chlorphénylacétate d'éthyle au moyen des halogénures d'isopropyl-magnesium. - Bull. Soc. chim. France, [4] 49, 1931, 375.