Biography:Dimitar Ivanov Popov

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Dimitar Ivanov
BornOctober 13, 1894
Makotsevo, Bulgaria
DiedOctober 25, 1975 (1975-10-26) (aged 81)
Sofia, Bulgaria
NationalityBulgarian
Alma materL'Université de Lyon, France
Known forIvanov Reaction
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic Chemistry, Chemistry of Natural Products, Organic Synthesis
InstitutionsUniversity of Sofia,
Faculty of Chemistry

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.

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.