Dimitar Ivanov Popov (Bulgarian: Димитър Иванов Попов) (October 13, 1894 – October 25, 1975) was a Bulgarian organic chemist and an academician of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Prof. D. Ivanov is known by his father’s name Ivanov rather than his family’s name Popov.
He is the namesake of the Ivanov reaction[1] in chemistry.
References
- D. Ivanoff, A. Spassoff. Condensation des phénylacétate et para-chlorphénylacétate d’éthyle au moyen des halogénures d’isopropyl-magnesium. – Bull. Soc. chim. France, [4] 49, 1931, 375.
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