Araxie Babayan
Araxie Tovmasovna Babayan | |
|---|---|
Բաբայան Արաքսի Թովմասի | |
| Born | 5 May 1906 |
| Died | 13 February 1993 (aged 86) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Known for | Favorskii–Babayan reaction |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
Araxie Tovmasovna Babayan (Armenian: Բաբայան Արաքսի Թովմասի; 5 May 1906 – 13 February 1993) was a Soviet and Armenian organic chemist.[1] She was an Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Armenian SSR (1961) and Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR (1968).
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 from the agricultural faculty of the Yerevan State University in 1928.[4] From 1928 until 1958, Babayan worked at Yerevan's veterinary institute and, beginning in 1935, in the Chemical Institute of Armenia branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.[4]
In 1937, Babayan graduated from the faculty chemistry at 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]
Between 1949 and 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]
Between 1955 and 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]
Beginning in 1956, Babayan was a corresponding member, and, beginning in 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 second, third, and fourth convocations of the Armenian SSR.[2]
Araxie Babayan died on 13 February 1993 in Yerevan and is buried at Nubarashen cemetery.[3]
Awards
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The Order of Friendship of Peoples[5]
The Order of the Red Banner of Labor[5]
The Order of the Badge of Honour[5]
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, Vladimir Akimovich (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.
- ^ 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.
- 1906 births
- 1993 deaths
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- National Polytechnic University of Armenia alumni
- Yerevan State University alumni
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Scientists from Yerevan
- Armenian chemists
- Soviet women chemists
- Soviet chemists
- Soviet Armenians