Nikolai Prilezhaev

Nikolai Alexandrovich Prilezhaev, Russian: Николай Александрович Прилежаев, (Born 15 [O.S. 1877] 27 in near Nizhny Novgorod, died May 26, 1944 in Moscow) was a Russian organic chemist. The Prilezhaev reaction, in which an alkene and a peroxyacid react to form an epoxide, is named after him. He dealt mostly with oxidation processes, following in the footsteps of chemists such as Alexei Nikolaevich Bach. For example, he studied reactions between unsaturated compounds and peroxides. He discovered his name reaction in 1908 and continued to study its intermediates and products.

Nikolai Prilezhaev

Nikolai Alexandrovich Prilezhaev, Russian: Николай Александрович Прилежаев, (Born 15 [O.S. 1877] 27 in near Nizhny Novgorod, died May 26, 1944 in Moscow) was a Russian organic chemist. The Prilezhaev reaction, in which an alkene and a peroxyacid react to form an epoxide, is named after him. He dealt mostly with oxidation processes, following in the footsteps of chemists such as Alexei Nikolaevich Bach. For example, he studied reactions between unsaturated compounds and peroxides. He discovered his name reaction in 1908 and continued to study its intermediates and products.