What is Vladimir Markovnikov?
'''Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov''' was a Russian chemist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov {{!}} Russian chemist|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vladimir-Vasilyevich-Markovnikov|access-date=2021-04-13|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> {{Infobox person | name = Vladimir Markovnikov |image = VladimirMarkovnikov.jpg | birth_date = December 25, 1837 Knyaginino, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire | death_date = February 11, 1904 (aged 65) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | alma_mater = University of Kazan }} == Education == Markovnikov studied economics at the University of Kazan and also studied chemistry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Markovnikov, Vladimir Vasilevich {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/markovnikov-vladimir-vasilevich|access-date=2021-04-13|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> == Career == Markovnikov began his career at University where he rose to rank of professor at University of Odessa. He was the one that postulated Markovnikov's rule, which stated that in addition to polar reagent to unsymmetrical alkene the positive part of the polar reagent is attached to the carbon having the highest number of hydrogen while the negative part of the polar reagent is attached to the carbon having the lowest number of hydrogen. Markovnikov also contributed to organic chemistry by finding carbon rings with more than six carbon atoms, a ring with four carbon atoms.<ref>{{Cite web|last=French2006-03-01T00:00:00+00:00|first=Gilly|title=In the steps of Markovnikov|url=https://edu.rsc.org/feature/in-the-steps-of-markovnikov/2020170.article|access-date=2021-04-13|website=RSC Education|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Wikiquote}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Markovnikov, Vladimir Vasilyevich}} [[Category:1838 births]] [[Category:1904 deaths]] [[Category:Russian chemists]] [[Category:People from Nizhny Novgorod]]