Araxie Tovmasovna Babayan (arm., Բաբայան Արաքսի Թովմասի, 5 May 1906, Yerevan – 13 February 1993, Yerevan) was a Soviet and Armenian organic chemist.[1] Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Armenian SSR (1961) and Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR (1968).
Araxie Tovmasovna Babayan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 May 1906 Yerevan, Armenian SSR |
| Died | 13 February 1993 (aged 86) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Known for | Favorskii-Babayan reaction |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | organic chemistry |
Life and Work edit
Araxie Babayan was born on 5 May 1906 in Yerevan.[2] As a student of Yerevan State University, Babayan worked in the chemical laboratory, performing demonstrative experiments of her teacher Stepan Gambaryan - founder of the school of organic chemistry in Armenia.[3] She graduated the agricultural faculty of the Yerevan State University in 1928.[4] Starting from 1928 until 1958 Babayan worked in Yerevan veterinarian institute, and from 1935 – in Chemical institute of Armenian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.[4]
In 1937 Babayan graduated from the chemical Faculty of the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute.[2] She defended her dissertation in 1937, and her doctoral dissertation in 1945.[3] Babayan's main research was devoted to amines and quaternary ammonium compounds.[4] She established a number of new laws in the chemistry of quaternary ammonium compounds.[5] Babayan proposed a method for synthesizing acetylene glycols, known in the chemical literature as Favorskii-Babayan reactions.[6]
In 1949-1953 Babayan was a Deputy Director of Science of the Chemical Institute of the ArmFAN of the USSR.[5]
In 1953, she discovered the catalytic action of ammonium salts for the alkylation reaction of organic acids.[4]
In 1955-1957 Babayan was a head of the organic chemistry sector and from 1957 to 1993 head of the laboratory of the amino compounds of Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR.[5]
Since 1956, Babayan was a corresponding member, and since 1966 - an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR.[3] In 1961, Babayan was recognized as an Honored Scientist of the Armenian SSR.[2]
From 1976 to 1983, Babayan was a chief editor of Armenian Chemical Journal.[4]
She was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the II-IV convocations of the Armenian SSR.[2]
Araxie Babayan died on 13 February 1993 in Yerevan and is buried at Nubarashen cemetery.[3]
Awards edit
References edit
- ^ The Etymology of Chemical Names: Tradition and Convenience vs. Rationality in Chemical Nomenclature. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. 2019-10-08. p. 349. ISBN 978-3-11-061271-4.
- ^ a b c d "Էջ:Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան (Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia)". hy.wikisource.org. p. 185. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- ^ a b c d Торосян, Г. (2006-05-05). "К 100-летию Аракси Товмасовны Бабаян". Հայաստանի քիմիական հանդես. Chemical Journal of Armenia. Химический журнал Армении. 59 (2): 3–5. ISSN 0515-9628.
- ^ a b c d e Volkov, V. A. (Vladimir Akimovich), 1936-2012. (1991). Vydai︠u︡shchiesi︠a︡ khimiki mira : biograficheskiĭ spravochnik. Vonskiĭ, E. V., Kuznet︠s︡ova, G. I. (Galina Ivanovna), Kuznet︠s︡ov, V. I. (Vladimir Ivanovich), 1915-2005. Moskva: Vysshai︠a︡ shkola. ISBN 5-06-001568-8. OCLC 26361824.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f "Национальная академия наук Республики Армения". www.sci.am. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- ^ Editorial, Board (2001-10-01). "Аракси Товмасовна Бабаян". Հայաստանի քիմիական հանդես. Chemical Journal of Armenia. Химический журнал Армении. 54 (3–4): 3. ISSN 0515-9628.