Nikolai Menshutkin
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Menshutkin | |
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Николай Александрович Меншуткин | |
| Born | October 24, 1842 |
| Died | February 5, 1907 (aged 64) St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Known for | Discovery of the Menshutkin reaction |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of St. Petersburg |
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Menshutkin (Russian: Николай Александрович Меншуткин; 24 October [O.S. 12 October] 1842 – 5 February [O.S. 22 January] 1907) was a Russian chemist who discovered the process of converting a tertiary amine to a quaternary ammonium salt via the reaction with an alkyl halide, now known as the Menshutkin reaction.