Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of two USSR State Prizes, holder of several orders of Lenin, professor emeritus of a number of European universities, Alexander Yerminingeldovich Arbuzov, founder of the Kazan Scientific School of Organophosphate Chemists.
Kazan was glorified by many names. Along with them is the name of Alexander Yerminingeldovich Arbuzov.
Study time
The biography of the famous scientist began in 1877 in the village of Arbuzov-Baran. He was born in a teacher's family on September 12. Both mother and father of the future chemist enjoyed great respect in the district. The son received an excellent home education. He himself learned to read, his mother taught him calligraphy, providing a beautiful, legible and clear handwriting for life. My father, who was amazingly skilled at oral computing, was engaged in mathematics.
After seven years, the child was sent to a rural eight-year school. In 1886, the boy entered the preparatory class of the Kazan Men's Gymnasium. In 1896, training was completed. In the same year, in the fall, Alexander became a student at Kazan University. The future scientist entered the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics.
By the third year, Arbuzov decided on future activities. He chose organic chemistry. In the laboratory of Professor Zaitsev, the novice experimenter completed the first work "From the chemical laboratory of Kazan University. About Alexander Arbuzov allylmethylphenylcarbinol." Regardless of Grignard, a talented chemist practiced the reaction of his name by performing organomagnesium synthesis.
He was the first Russian scientist to use organomagnesium compounds in practical work. Then the scientist complained about the imperfection of science. The work was carried out under ordinary pressure without taking into account the molecular weight of the obtained substance. Already at the turn of the century, Arbuzov tried to introduce work under reduced pressure to lower the boiling point. Such experiments were banned by Zaitsev, who was afraid of explosions.
Vocation work
During his studies, Alexander Yermingeldovich got acquainted with glass-blowing. The future scientist did not leave this occupation throughout his life. He was offered vacuum distillation using advanced technology, gas burners were modernized, and equipment for reflux was purchased. Domestic chemists received a flask of Arbuzov.
Successfully mastered and repeatedly applied in practice, the craft of glassblowing by a researcher and scientist in an accessible form is described in the "Quick Guide to Self-Study of Glassblowing Art". For generations of experimental chemists, the brochure was considered a unique help. The value of work remains to this day.
In May 1900, on May 30, Arbuzov was awarded the title of candidate of natural sciences, having awarded a diploma of the first degree at a meeting of the society. Alexander Yermingeldovich went to Poland. He worked as an assistant at the Department of Organic Chemistry of the New Alexandrian Agricultural Institute.
The young scientist introduced into practice the methods that are being successfully applied at the present time. He was getting ready for passing master's exams in the few free hours of Arbuzov. The scientist went to hand over them in 1902 to Kazan. After a successful trip, only the defense of the dissertation remained to receive a master's degree. For research, Arbuzov chose the topic, a very complex and almost unexplored topic of organic phosphorus compounds. Due to the lack of a supervisor, the scientist conducted all the work independently.
Recognition and new achievements
In 1903, the poorly studied topic was replenished with the work of the scientist "On the compounds of semi-halide salts of copper with phosphorous acid esters." All the principles and results of experiments regarding the topic of a scientific dissertation were compiled in a monograph by a chemist published in 1905. Soon after, a successful defense was passed. Celebrity master brought his fundamental work "On the structure of phosphorous acid and its derivatives."
An important stage was the reaction of Fisher-Arbuzov. It is used for the synthesis of medications. Since 1911, Alexander Yerminingeldovich replaced his teacher Zaitsev as head of the department.
In 1914, the scientist brilliantly defended his doctoral dissertation "On the phenomena of catalysis in the field of transformations of certain phosphorus compounds. An experimental study" and after all the conditions were met, he was approved in office in 1915.
He made many changes to the laboratory, including numbers made according to his own sketches dishes.
