[2][3] In 1882, in the journal "Chemische Berichte", which was an organ of the German Chemical Society, Khanlarov published his first article entitled "On the action of thioacetic acid on ethyl thiocyanate".

[1][4] In 1883, at the Academic Council of the University of Strasbourg, Khanlarov defended his thesis entitled "On Butyrolactones and Ethylbutyrolactones" and received a doctorate in chemistry.Verzeichniss der an der Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität Strassburg vom Sommer-Semester 1872 bis Ende 1884 (Erschienenen Schriften) This second article by Khanlarov was published in 1884 in the Liebig Annals.

[4] In the same year, on the recommendation of D. I. Mendeleev, N. A. Menshutkin and D. P. Konovalov, Khanlarov was accepted as a member of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society.

[1] Movsum-bek Khanlarov was the only Azerbaijani chemist with a special education before the establishment of Soviet power in Azerbaijan.

[2] According to Yusif Mammadaliyev, after returning to his homeland, Khanlarov “due to the lack of appropriate conditions and the necessary support, he stopped his chemical research in 1887.” Mammadaliyev reports that since that time Khanlarov's name is no longer mentioned in the lists of members of the Russian Physico-Chemical Society.