Vladimir Ipatieff

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Vladimir Ipatieff
Alexei Yevgrafovich Favorskii

Vladimir Nikolayevich Ipatieff, also Ipatyev (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Ипатьев; 21 November [O.S. 9 November] 1867 – 29 November 1952) was a Russian and American chemist. His most important contributions are in the field of petroleum chemistry and catalysts.[2]

Life and career

Born in

General-Lieutenant of the Russian army and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[1][4]
He was elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1916.

Although Ipatieff's political sympathies were with the

Ipatieff was active in creating and heading several important chemical research centers in Soviet Russia.
Industrial Party trial. In June 1930, Ipatieff, fearing that in time he would be victimized, withdrew a small amount of money from his accounts and prepared to attend an industry conference in Munich
. He invited his wife to come with him, and at the last minute suggested she bring her jewels "in the event that we go dancing." As the train came to the border into Poland, he announced to his wife, "Dear, look back at Mother Russia. You will never see her again." Though he spoke not a word of English, he fled to the United States.

In the US, Ipatieff secured a research-focused chemistry professorship at

UOP LLC (Universal Oil Products).[3]

He and his students made significant contributions to organic synthesis and petroleum refining. He is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern petroleum chemistry in the US.

Vladimir Ipatieff had three sons: Dmitry, Nikolai and Vladimir. Dmitry died in World War I. Nikolai was a member of the White movement, emigrated after the end of Russian Civil War and died in Africa testing a treatment he had invented for yellow fever. Vladimir Vladimirovich Ipatieff, also a talented chemist, remained in the USSR and was punitively arrested after the defection of his father. While living in the USA, the Ipatieffs also adopted two Russian girls.

Ipatieff died suddenly in Chicago in 1952. He held over 200 patents and published over 300 research papers.[3]

Ipatieff Prize

The American Chemical Society received a large endowment owing to UOP and eventually in turn established an award called the Ipatieff Prize. Awarded every three years, the Ipatieff Prize honors outstanding experimental work in the field of catalysis or high-pressure chemistry by researchers under the age of 40.[6]

Year Recipient
2022 Phillip Christopher
2019 Ive Hermans
2016 Aditya Bhan
2013 Melanie Sanford
2010 Christopher W. Jones
2004 Raul F. Lobo
2001
Joan F. Brennecke
1998 Andrew J. Gellman
1995 Mark Barteau
1992 Mark E. Davis
1989
Alexander M. Klibanov
1986
Robert M. Hazen
1983 D. Wayne Goodman
1980 Denis Forster
1977 Charles A. Eckert
1974 George A. Samara
1971 Paul B. Venuto
1968 Charles R. Adams
1965
Robert H. Wentorf, Jr.
1962 Charles Kemball
1959 Cedomir M. Sliepcevich
1956
Harry G. Drickamer
1953 Robert B. Anderson
1950 Herman E. Ries
1947 Louis Schmerling

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ипатьев Владимир Николаевич. Russian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ^ a b c "Vladimir Ipatieff is the catalysis superhero you've never heard of". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  3. ^ Ипатьев Владимир Николаевич. Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ Ipatieff, Vladimir (1946). The Life of a Chemist. Stanford: Stanford U.P.
  5. ^ "Ipatieff Prize - American Chemical Society". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

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