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Nikolai Menshutkin

Nikolai Menshutkin
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Nikolai Aleksandrovich Menshutkin was a Russian chemist who discovered the process of converting a tertiary amine to a quaternary ammonium salt via the reaction with an alkyl halide, now known as the Menshutkin reaction.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Clément AderApril 2, 1841 – May 3, 1925
  2. Sam LoydJanuary 30, 1841 – April 10, 1911
  3. Charles CrosOctober 1, 1842 – August 9, 1888
  4. Nikolai Menshutkin (this page)October 24, 1842 – February 5, 1907
  5. Kliment TimiryazevMay 22, 1843 – April 28, 1920
  6. Robert KochDecember 11, 1843 – May 27, 1910

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