Ion Tănăsescu (chemist) explained

Ion Tănăsescu
Birth Date:	23 February 1892
Birth Place:	Bucharest, Romania
Nationality:	Romanian
Death Place:	Bucharest, Romania
Known For:	Lehmstedt-Tanasescu reaction

Ion Tănăsescu (also Ioan)^[1] (February 23, 1892  - December 28, 1959) was a Romanian chemist.^[2]

He discovered the Lehmstedt-Tanasescu reaction, which was improved by Kurt Lehmstedt. He studied at the University of Bucharest and the University of Cluj. He was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy in 1955.

Notes and References

1. Book: Senning, Alexander . Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology: The Whys and Whences of Chemical Nomenclature and Terminology . 2006-10-30 . Elsevier . 978-0-08-048881-3 . en.
2. Book: Li, Jie Jack . Name Reactions in Heterocyclic Chemistry II . 2011-09-13 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-0-470-08508-0 . en.