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Araxie Babayan

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Araxie Tovmasovna Babayan
Բաբայան Արաքսի Թովմասի
Born(1906-05-05)5 May 1906
Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Died13 February 1993(1993-02-13) (aged 86)
Yerevan, Armenia
Known forFavorskii–Babayan reaction
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic 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

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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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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d "Էջ:Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան (Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia)". hy.wikisource.org. p. 185. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Национальная академия наук Республики Армения". www.sci.am. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  6. ^ 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.
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