Ivan Ivanovich Ostromislensky was a Russian organic chemist.
22 Facts About Ivan Ostromislensky
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Ivan Ostromislensky is credited as the pioneer in studying polymerization of synthetic rubber as well as inventor of various industrial technologies for production of synthetic rubber, polymers and pharmaceuticals.
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Ivan Ostromislensky received his education first at the Moscow cadet corps and then, from 1898 to 1902 at the Moscow Technical School.
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In 1912 after an internal quarrel, Ivan Ostromislensky resigned from the MSU.
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Ivan Ostromislensky continued his work on rubber at Bogatyr, which was Russia's main rubber company.
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Ivan Ostromislensky director showed great interest in the emerging synthetic rubber and readily financed the work of Ostromislensky, who was the pioneer of synthetic rubber in Russia.
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In 1905 Ivan Ostromislensky started reporting his research on the polymerization of dienes and on the synthesis of the starting monomers for synthetic rubber.
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Ivan Ostromislensky had patented more than 20 ways to produce butadiene, which were implemented industrially in the Soviet Union.
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In 1915 Ivan Ostromislensky synthesized isoprene via pyrolysis of turpentine and polymerized it using light.
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Ivan Ostromislensky pioneered the studies of non-sulfur activators of vulcanization of rubber.
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Ivan Ostromislensky proposed organic additions to rubber, such as toluidine and naphthylamine, in order to improve its properties.
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In 1913 Ivan Ostromislensky published a book on "Rubber and its analogs", which was the first Russian textbook on chemistry and technology of rubber.
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In 1910s Ivan Ostromislensky started shifting his attention toward biochemical, immunochemical and pharmaceutical research, as indicated by that he had two doctoral degrees from University of Zurich, in philosophy and medicine.
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Ivan Ostromislensky investigated the possibility of synthesis of antibodies in vitro and proposed a theory of antibody synthesis, which is regarded as one of the first versions of the so-called matrix theory of antibody synthesis.
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Medical interests of Ivan Ostromislensky are illustrated by his essay on "dream in humans and animals", which examined the toxicological, immunological and physiological aspects of a dream.
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Ivan Ostromislensky considered sleep as a process of self-poisoning by some toxin, which shortens the lifetime.
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In October 1921 Ivan Ostromislensky left Russia and moved to Latvia.
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In May 1922 at the invitation of Dr A Hopkinson from the US "Rubber Company" Ostromislensky moved to New York.
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Ivan Ostromislensky patented his early work on the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride in the US.
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In 1930 Ivan Ostromislensky received US citizenship and was invited to work in the company Union Carbide to develop commercial production of butadiene from ethanol.
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Ivan Ostromislensky developed a technology for producing safety glass for the automobile windshields.
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Ivan Ostromislensky was among the first 5 scientists inducted into the International Rubber Science Hall of Fame.